That was the case of last week's rescue by four countries of the Benelux banks Dexia and Fortis.

上个星期，四个国家向荷卢银行伸出了援手。

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ON MARCH 25th 1957 a gaggle of leaders from six European countries (France, West Germany, Italy and the Benelux trio) met in the great hall of the Horatii and the Curiatii in Rome's Capitoline museum.

1957年3月25日，来自6个欧洲国家（法国、西德、意大利、比利时、荷兰、罗森堡）的领导人齐聚罗马雕塑博物馆（Capitoline museum）的霍拉提（Horatii）和库里亚提（Curiatii）（注1）大厅。

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So far only Scandinavia and the Benelux countries have seen significant cross-border bank mergers.

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Occasionally, the three Benelux countries have tried, without much success, to speed up integration within the European Union by turning themselves into an ever tighter, more dynamic inner core.

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North-south divisions are hardly new in the EU. When the euro was planned in the 1990s many German politicians wanted a currency zone comprising only Germany, the Benelux countries and France.

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