More immediately important is the failure of the proposed “fiscal union” to do anything for European recovery. The figures are grim: before the summit, the European Central Bank slashed its eurozone GDP growth forecast for 2012 from 1.3% to 0.3%.
更紧迫的则是原本提出的“财政联盟”在欧洲复苏方面毫无建树。数字是残酷的：在峰会之前，欧洲央行把2012年的欧元区GDP增长预期从1.3%大幅调低到0.3%。这看上似乎还算是乐观了。事实上欧元区经济将在明年上半年出现萎缩，甚至会延续到下半年，这都归因于当前正在推行的赤字削减政策——该政策也进一步增加了银行和主权国家身上的压力。