German Chancellor Angela Merkel initially proposed the “transfer union,” in which Germany and other strong eurozone economies would transfer funds year after year to Greece and other needy countries, in exchange for the authority to regulate and supervise the recipient countries’ budgets and tax collections. The German public rejected the idea of permanent transfers from German taxpayers to Greece, while Greek officials and the Greek public rejected the idea of German control over their country’s fiscal policy.
德国总理默克尔最开始提出的是“转移联盟”，德国和其他强劲欧元区经济体将逐年向希腊和其他困难经济体转移资金，作为交换，受助国的预算和税收将受到援助国的监督和管理。德国公众拒绝了这一德国纳税人向希腊的永久性转移支付计划，而希腊官员和希腊公众也拒绝由德国控制他们的财政政策。