It used to be Brussels and its extemporising bailouts that bought the eurozone some time. Now it is Greece’s turn. The weekend election result has given proponents of the country’s path of savage austerity and adherence to the eurozone a final opportunity to prove they are credible. The danger of an imminent, enforced expulsion from the bloc has been lifted. But one thing has changed: the election has rendered Greece a sideshow in the eurozone crisis, for a while. The real action, unhappily, is elsewhere.
以往是布魯塞爾及其倉促安排的紓困爲歐元區爭取到一些時間,現在輪到希臘了。上週末的希臘大選結果,爲支持這個國家走無情緊縮之路、堅持留在歐元區的人們提供了最後的機會,讓他們證明自己是可信的。希臘馬上被踢出歐元區的危險消除了。但有件事已經改變:選舉讓希臘暫時成爲歐元區危機的一個小插曲。不幸的是,真正的險情發生在其它國家。