Will the European Union make it The question would have sounded strange not long ago. Now even the project’s greatest cheerleaders talk of a continent facing a "Bermuda triangle" of debt, population decline and lower growth.
As well as those chronic problems, the EU face an acute crisis in its economic core, the 16 countries that use the single currency. Markets have lost faith that the euro zone’s economies, weaker or stronger, will one day converge thanks to the discipline of sharing a single currency, which denies uncompetitive members the quick fix of devaluation.
Yet the debate about how to save Europe’s single currency from disintegration is stuck. It is stuck because the euro zone’s dominant powers, France and Germany, agree on the need for greater harmonization within the euro zone, but disagree about what to harmonies.
Germany thinks the euro must be saved by stricter rules on borrow spending and competitiveness,
A. it has more or less lost faith in markets
B. even its supporters begin to feel concerned
C. some of its member countries plan to abandon euro
D. it intends to deny the possibility of devaluation
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not bothered with funding much basic scientific research. Such activities
have mainly remained the preserve of national governments, not least because
giving scientists free rein can lead to discoveries that not only make money but
ultimately enhance military might. That attitude is now changing. The European Commission proposes to establish a European Research Council(ERC) that would spend a maximum of 12 billion( $14 billion) over seven years on" blue skies" research. While the plans are being generally welcomed by Europe’s member states, their details are problematic. The proposed ERC is intended to make Europe more competitive. Europe has some first-class universities, scientific institutions and research organisations, But, the ERC’ s proponents argue, their activities are fragmented, so they A. Because they don’t want to be bothered with those basic researches. B. Because national governments take them as their sole preserve. C. Because member countries want to keep the benefits to themselves. D. Because scientist from the member countries couldn’t compete. 我来回答: 提交
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