Third, the EMU’s stability-oriented macroeconomic framework has better prepared euro-area countries for economic storms. Thanks to the fiscal rules of the Stability and Growth Pact, the euro area achieved its soundest budgetary position in 2007, bringing deficits to their lowest levels in 25 years.
第三，欧洲货币联盟以稳定为导向的宏观经济框架已经让欧元区国家更从容地做好了抗击经济风暴的准备。由于“稳定和增长公约”下的财政规则，欧元区在2007年取得了最良好的财政预算状况，使赤字降到了25年的最低水平。这使得许多欧盟的成员国的在解决危机的时候有了回旋的余地。