Once more unto the breach, dear Greeks. Athens has agreed another package of last-minute measures to secure a further €8bn of emergency funding. Once again it has been forced to implement a policy that is not working – ever more severe rounds of austerity – to secure a dubious reward: enough cash to keep the country ticking over until next time. Even with the swingeing new measures, the government will miss its targets for deficit reduction. The case for allowing Greece to default has never been stronger.
再冲一次，亲爱的希腊人！为了获得80亿欧元新紧急贷款，雅典已同意实施包含多项在最后时刻敲定的措施的新一揽子计划。它再次被迫实施一项根本不见效的政策，即出台一轮比一轮严厉的紧缩措施，目的是获得一种靠不住的奖赏：只够国家运转一段时间的资金。但即使实施了这些严厉的新措施，希腊政府也无法完成其赤字削减目标。允许希腊违约的理由从未像现在这样充分。
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