NEW HAVEN – Great significance – probably too much – has been attached to a possible breakup of the eurozone. Many believe that such a breakup – if, say, Greece abandoned the euro and reintroduced the drachma – would constitute a political failure that would ultimately threaten Europe’s stability.
纽黑文—人们把欧元区崩溃的影响看得相当严重——也许有些太严重了。许多人认为，欧元区的崩溃——比如希腊放弃欧元，重新使用德拉克马——将造成政治上的失败，最终威胁到欧洲的稳定。德国总理默克尔在去年10月的联邦议会演讲中毫不掩饰地指出：