They have high overall unemployment (and alarmingly high youth joblessness), and are unable to grow on their own power. In some cases, they also face solvency questions, and are far from achieving the socio-political consensus needed to get their economic houses in order.
但德国也是四面楚歌社区中的一员，就算它起着定海神针的作用。它的四周皆是苦苦挣扎的国家，特别是那些欧元区外围国。这些国家总体失业率极高（青年人失业率更是高到了足以拉响警报的程度），而且无法自力更生实现增长。有的国家还面临偿债能力问题，也无法形成恢复经济秩序所需的社会政治共识。