Until these difficult and controversial decisions are made, periods of relative tranquility in Europe are likely to be interrupted by the recurrent eruption of financial instability and bouts of political bickering and dithering. And the longer this continues, the greater the risk that Germany’s neighborhood will erode the robustness of what the country has painstakingly built.
在这些困难而争议重重的选择做出之前，反复发作的财政失稳以及没完没了的政治争论和犹豫将打破欧洲的相对平静期。而这段时间拖得越长，邻国将德国历尽艰辛建立起来的稳健性侵蚀殆尽的风险就越大。