A group of almost 100 prominent Europeans delivered an open letter to the leaders of all 17 eurozone countries on Wednesday. The letter said, in so many words, what the leaders of Europe now appear to have understood: they cannot go on “kicking the can down the road”. The road has been blocked by the German constitutional court which has found the law establishing the European financial stability fund constitutional, but declared that no further transfers are allowed without Bundestag authorisation. The leaders have also understood that it is not enough to ensure that governments can finance their debt at reasonable interest rates, they must also do something about the banking system.
上周三，大約100名歐洲知名人士聯(lián)名發(fā)表了一封致歐元區(qū)17國領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人的公開信。信中直截了當(dāng)?shù)氐莱隽藲W洲領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人似乎現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)認(rèn)識到的一個事實：他們再也不能繼續(xù)“拖延時間”了。這條路已被德國憲法法庭堵死了——該法庭雖然裁定歐洲金融穩(wěn)定安排(EFSF)符合憲法規(guī)定，但也宣布除非得到德國聯(lián)邦議院(Bundestag)的批準(zhǔn)，否則德國不得再提供援助。歐洲領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人也清楚，僅僅保障各國政府以較低的利率為債務(wù)融資是不夠的，他們必須對銀行系統(tǒng)采取行動。