Given Greece’s collapsing economy and growing humanitarian crisis, the government will have no choice, absent an agreement, but to print money to fund basic social services. It is inconceivable that a country in such deep distress could meet the conditions for euro adoption – inflation within 2% of the eurozone average and a stable exchange rate for two years – between now and the end of the decade.
德国财政部长朔伊布勒（Wolfgang Schäuble）提出暂时“停止”欧元区资格，这一想法实在荒谬。希腊经济正在崩溃，人道主义危机日益严重，若无法达成协议，其政府将别无选择，只能印钱提供基本社会服务。要让一个陷入如此深度危机的国家在从现在到2020年间满足采用欧元的条件——两年内通货膨胀限制在欧元区平均水平2%之内并且汇率保持稳定——是无法想象的。如果希腊退出，将不是“休假”而是“退休”。