The pact for the euro is supposed to help by breaking euro countries of the bad economic habits that got them into trouble in the first place.

通过打破致使欧元区成员国陷入困境的不良经济习惯，欧元协定本意是要起帮助作用。

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And rules imposed from outside, as with the euro zone's Stability and Growth Pact, are less likely to succeed.

而且一些外部施加的政策一般都很难成功施行，例如关于欧元区域稳定及增长协定的规定。

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Now renamed the “pact for the euro”, it places the commission at its heart.

如今，该公约更名为“欧洲公约”，并将欧洲委员会置于核心位置。

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Government debt and expenditure remain stubbornly high, and Italy has been repeatedly rapped on the knuckles by Brussels for failing to keep within the parameters of the Euro stability pact.

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The British fear that, if they ever joined the euro, the pact might hinder plans to put extra cash into public services.

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That is why the euro area needs a pact that is better at co-ordinating budgetary policies than the flawed arrangement in place.

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