As well as those chronic problems, the EU faces an acute crisis in its economic core, the 16 countries that use the single currency.

除了这些长期的问题之外，欧盟的经济核心——16个使用单一货币的国家——也面临着严重的危机。

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More recently, the crisis has sapped the strength of even the so-called "core" euro-zone countries.

近段时间，即便是那些所谓的“核心”欧元区国家的气力也被危机耗尽了。

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International discussions are also ongoing about creating "bail-in" bonds that could be swapped into core capital in a crisis.

国际上关于创造“金融保释”债券用于在危机出现时被转化成核心资本的讨论也还在进行中。

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The real problem is what we need to be talking about, not just because it's at the core of our intelligence crisis, but because it's the same problem that broke our economy, made health care unaffordable and hobbled the U.S. auto industry.

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By last Wednesdayevening, Mr. Klein was on a plane to London to help manage the crisis from its core.

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Indecision has helped to spread the crisis from peripheral to core countries.

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