At that point, the cost of being singled out as collaborating with members of the other side – and thus the risk of being unseated by more extreme forces in one’s party – may well decline. Moreover, since early September, the potential benefits of cooperation now include avoiding an embarrassing credit-rating downgrade next year if medium-term fiscal reform does not materialize.
成本-收益计算或许会在11月大选之后发生。那时，因与对方成员勾结而被孤立而可能被本党极端势力驱逐的成本会大大下降。此外，从9月上旬开始，合作的潜在好处有增加了一项：避免在无法实现中期财政改革的情况下被调降信用评级搞得灰头土脸。