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1、GermanyTriestoSavetheEuro-AllbyItselfGermanChancellorAngelaMerkelwouldbeforgivenforfeelingshe’sdamnedifshedoesanddamnedifshedoesn’t.抱歉……完全沒能理解,問了朋友,都覺得一頭霧水SincetheGreekdebtcrisisbegantounfoldinFebruary,everymoveGermanyhasmadehasbeenmetwithcriticism,firstfornothelpingtheflailingcountr
2、y,thenforagreeingtoabailout,andnowfortakingboldmeasurestotrytosavetheplungingeuro.GermanyhasoftentakentheinitiativeinEurope-anduntilnow,ithasalmostalwaysbeeninstepwiththerestofthe27-nationEuropeanUnion.Butthisweek,Germanyisdiscoveringthatcuttingapathonitsowncanbeperilous.WhenGermanla
3、wmakersonFriday,May21,approvedthenation’sparticipationinEurope’s$1trillionsafetynettoshoreuptheswooningeuro,theydidsoonlyafterweeksofMerkel’sstallingandgriping,whichonlymadethefinancialmarketsmorenervous.AsGreece’scripplingdebtthreatenedtospreadtootherpartsofEurope,Merkeltrieddespera
4、telytostayonthesidelines,reapingcriticismfromWashingtontoWarsaw.Andaftershefinallyagreedtocontribute€22.4billion($28billion)toarescuepackageforGreece,herChristianDemocraticUnion(CDU)partypaidforherfoot-dragging懶散,遲疑,拖延whenitsufferedapainfuldefeatinacrucialstateelectiononMay9.Underpre
5、ssurefromcriticsathomeandabroad,MerkeldecidedtodashaheadofthepackonTuesdayandimposeabanonnakedshort-selling-traders’practiceofsellingshareswithoutowningorsecuringtobuythem-whilealsocallingforaninternationaltaxonfinancial-markettransactions.ShewasattemptingtoreassertherleadershipinGer
6、manyandpushEuropetomoveonfinancial-marketreform.Allshesucceededindoing,however,wastopushtheeurotoafour-yearlowagainstthedollar.“Shewantedtocreateafaitaccompli既成事實toforceEuropetoimposemeasuresagainstfinancialspeculationbecausesheisunderpressuretodosoathome,”saysGerdLangguth,apolitical
7、scientistandMerkelbiographer.“HeractionsarelargelydirectedatdomesticpublicopinionandthepoliticalsituationinGermany.”TheMay9electiondefeatofMerkel’sCDUinNorthRhine–Westphalia,Germany’smostpopulousstate,meansthattheChancellor’sfederalcoalitionwiththeliberalFreeDemocratswilllikelyloseit
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