While the April G-20 summit in London produced more economic-policy agreement than expected, this was largely because the most divisive issue – the US and British demand for more global stimulus spending – was removed from the table beforehand. As a result, the smiling presidents and prime ministers could afford to be more diplomatic than Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, who, in his role as acting president of the European Union, had warned that Obama’s economic plan would lead others down a “road to hell.”
然而，4月举办的20国伦敦峰会出人意料地达成了一些经济政策协议，主要的原因是最具争论的话题——美英主张的全球各国经济刺激方案——被提前撤了下来。因此，各国的总统和总理才能微笑地握手言欢。而捷克总理米雷克•托波拉内克在担任欧盟轮值主席时却表现的不同，他公开批评奥巴马的经济刺激方案，认为会使得其他国家“跌入地狱”。