None of Europe’s financial problems would look remotely as challenging today if doubts about the eurozone’s future had been dispelled two years ago, and the reputational and financial costs would have been dramatically less than they have been in the past 30 months. In the long run, solidarity is cheaper for all involved, while its absence could become ruinously expensive in the foreseeable future.
如果关于欧元区未来的疑虑在两年前就被打消，欧洲的诸多金融问题就都不会像今天那样具有挑战性，而名誉和金融成本也会大大低于30个月以前。从长期看，团结比其他任何方案成本都要低，而若没有团结，那么在可预见的未来成本将会毁灭性地高。