Van Rompuy’s report raises a fundamental question: What factors are preventing the eurozone from functioning as everyone would wish? Answering this question requires, first and foremost, comparing the dynamics at play during the euro’s first decade, 1999-2009, when the eurozone ostensibly performed well, with those of the last three years, which have been marred by crisis.
范龙佩的报告引出了一个根本性问题：什么因素使欧元区不能像所有人期许的那样运转？要回答这一问题，最重要的是比较欧元的第一个十年——1999—2009年间起作用的动态。在这段时间中，乍一看欧元表现出色。但在过去三年中，欧元因危机遭受重创。