The problem is simple: Greece’s creditors insist on even greater austerity for this year and beyond – an approach that would impede recovery, obstruct growth, worsen the debt-deflationary cycle, and, in the end, erode Greeks’ willingness and ability to see through the reform agenda that the country so desperately needs. Our government cannot – and will not – accept a cure that has proven itself over five long years to be worse than the disease.
问题很简单：希腊债权人坚持今年及以后实施更大的紧缩，而这一方针将破坏复苏、阻碍增长、恶化债务-通缩循环，最终腐蚀希腊人领会希腊所急需的改革日程的意愿和能力。我国政府无法——也不会——接受一个在长达五年的时间里已经证明比病症还要糟糕的疗方。