translation.en: George Papandreou: Well, obviously there were constraints which didn't allow me or others to make the types of decisions we would have wanted, and obviously I had hoped that we would have the time to make the reforms which would have dealt with the deficit rather than trying to cut the deficit which was the symptom of the problem.
translation.zh: 显然当时确实有这样的困难 令我以及其他人无法做出 我们想要做的决定 我当然希望我们有时间 通过改革来处理财务亏损 而不是试图消减财务亏损 那只是问题的表象