Some of them found themselves in the position of a developing country that had become heavily indebted in a currency that it did not control. Reflecting the divergence in economic performance, Europe became divided into creditor and debtor countries.
接着，2008年大崩溃爆发了。政府不得不出手援助银行。一些国家发现自己陷入了发展中国家的境地：负债累累，且债务货币不为自己所控制。欧洲分裂为债权国和债务国两大阵营，此乃经济绩效差异的具体表现。