A cast-iron mechanism to ensure that the debt build-up does not continue forever is appealing as a way of withstanding increasingly fraught competition for funding. Germany will look like a better credit risk, thereby allowing it to fund its current budget deficits more easily and cheaply.
吸引外国资金的竞争变得日益激烈，在这种情况下，制定一套强有力的措施来保证债务不会没完没了地增加，还真一个不错的信用姿态。德国希望自己的信用风险看上去比较低，这样就能更容易、以更低成本为当前的预算赤字进行融资。