By contrast, if the currency union’s political deficit is addressed now, first by establishing a fiscal union (a common budget and common liabilities), a real political federation will be possible. And let us be clear: anything less than a United States of Europe will not be powerful enough to prevent the looming disaster.
相反，如果货币联盟的政治赤字能够现在就解决掉——第一步是成立财政联盟（共同预算和共同债务）——那么建立真正的政治联邦仍有可能。我们要认清形势：唯有欧罗巴合众国才有防止迫在眉睫的灾难的力量。