This is the wrong cure for the eurozone crisis. The Merkel doctrine holds that the crisis is the result of government profligacy, so only a “hard” balanced-budget rule can prevent such crises from recurring.
然而对欧元区危机来说这是一个错误的疗法。默克尔教条认为危机爆发的原因正是政府的挥霍无度，因此只有用“严厉”的预算平衡规定才能防止危机再度发生。