Meanwhile, as the crisis has deepened, a new consensus about Europe’s monetary union has emerged. The euro, according to this view, was devised in a fit of giddy and irresponsible optimism – or, alternatively, panic at the prospect of German hegemony over Europe – in the wake of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
同时，随着危机加深，人们对欧洲货币联盟已经有了一个新的共识。根据这种观点，欧元的设计本身就出于轻率而不负责任的乐观主义——要不就是害怕随着柏林墙倒塌后的德国会执掌欧洲霸权。