Europe needs greater fiscal federalism, not just centralized oversight of national budgets. To be sure, Europe may not need the two-to-one ratio of federal to state spending found in the United States; but it clearly needs far more European-level expenditure, unlike the current miniscule EU budget (whittled down further by austerity advocates).
另一种经过仔细讨论的政策可能会起作用。欧洲需要更强大的财政联邦制，而不只是对国家预算进行集中监管。诚然，欧洲也许不需要美国那样联邦与州之间2对1的支出比率；但显然它需要更多全欧层面上的支出，而不是目前这样微乎其微的欧盟预算（而且还被紧缩主张进一步削弱了）。