Greece at new risk of being pushed off euro
ATHENS — It took months for international finance officials to piece together a bailout that was acceptable to Greek leaders. But it took voters just 12 hours at the polls to deal it a hard blow, leaving Greece on Monday at renewed risk of being pushed off the euro currency once and for all.
雅典報導-各國國際經濟學家花費數月媒合的經濟援助方案對於希臘政府來說是可以接受的,對選民來說卻不是。在投票處,希臘選民只花了12小時給予其一個沈重的打擊,讓禮拜一的希臘重新處在新的一勞永逸地拉垮歐元危機中。
Infuriated by demands for harsh spending cuts that could exacerbate a crippling recession, Greek voters on Sunday overwhelmingly rejected politicians who had supported the $171 billion bailout that is keeping the country from bankruptcy. After just hours of trying to form a coalition government Monday, Antonis Samaras, head of the top-vote-getting New Democracy party, gave up, giving an anti-bailout party a stab at it.(?)
希臘民眾對於可能造朝經濟惡化的嚴苛削減支出要求,用選票嚴苛拒絕了那些支持挽救國家面臨破產、171億歐元援助方案的候選人。禮拜一,僅僅經過一小時努力嘗試組成一個聯合政府後,Antomis Samaras,最高票當選的新民黨領袖,放棄了。
But European leaders showed little inclination to back down from their austerity demands, setting the stage for a clash over Greece’s future that could quickly spread beyond the country’s borders.
但歐洲領導人們卻未減少要求希臘實施緊縮政策的傾向,讓希臘內部的衝突未來可能會穿越國界迅速擴大至整個歐洲。