But that's a much harder thing to do now than it was when each European nation had its own currency.

然而，这样的事情现在做起来，却要比每个欧洲国家拥有自己的货币时困难大得多。

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It is hard to rally the public behind austerity programmes at the best of times; even harder to solicit their support for measures to bolster a currency they do not like.

即使在好年头让公众支持紧缩计划也是不容易的，何况现在，动员大家力挺一个他们不喜欢的货币，难度可想而知。

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The idea of a stateless central bank running a currency beyond the bounds of a state has never looked stranger, or harder to sustain.

一个不属于国家的央行，管理超出国家边界的货币，这种想法在当前看来是何等的不可思议，难以实现。

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Yet, faced with apparently fudged criteria and the inclusion of Italy, the European Central Bank might then choose to follow a tighter monetary policy, making the new currency harder, not softer.

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No country has tried harder to debase its currency.

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