This incremental approach has worked well in the past; indeed, today’s European Union resulted from it. But a financial crisis does not give policymakers the time that they once had to explain to voters why one step required another.
这一增量办法在过去效果甚丰；事实上，今天的欧盟就是这样产生的。但金融危机使得决策者不再像过去那样有时间向选民解释为什么一项措施会带来另一项措施。他们需要大大加快动作不乏，这样才能拯救欧元。