DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 -- A group of European leaders on Thursday evening showed their both common and divided views on the future of the European Union (EU) at a panel discussion focused on "Europe momentum" during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte noted that the EU makes possible much that cannot be accomplished by individual member states, from negotiating trade deals to ensuring security and controlling migration, but drew the line at "transfer unions", in which richer member states are asked to bankroll poorer peers.
"People are talking about risk-sharing, and transfer unions. I don't like that. We should each do what we should, as nations," the prime minister said.
Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa echoed and added to Rutte's comments, but did not rule out the possibility of transfer unions.
"To have stability, we need to have rules and discipline, but also the means for other countries to catch up, this is a pillar of stability of the Eurozone," Costa noted.
Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar noted that his country has benefited significantly from "something of a transfer union around structural funds," and that after having used it to build up infrastructure, Ireland is now a net contributor.
He stressed the need to extend this approach to help the countries of Central Eastern Europe develop their own infrastructure.
On the implications of an emerging Franco-German axis, Varadkar said, "We can only welcome France and Germany coming together, but do we want to see just the big countries deciding the fate for all of Europe?"
"What do the small countries think, they must ask. Then it can be a really strong engine," he added.
Cecilia Malmstrom, commissioner for trade of the European Commission, noted that the "lack of leadership by the United States," as she described it, has actually provided space for the EU to "show that they can make good trade deals."
Peter Limbourg, director-general of Deutsche Welle of Germany, said that after a frightening downhill run that saw the euro crisis, an immigration crisis and a surge of populist and nationalist movements culminating in Brexit, the European rollercoaster is "heading uphill again" with stability and growth.
"But we don't know where we will land," said Limbourg.
The 48th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is taking place on Jan. 23-26 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, attracting more than 3,000 leaders from around the world to participate.
英语语法:人称代词之主、宾格的替换
few, little, a few, a little的区别
助动词语法知识点
多个形容词修饰名词的顺序
和more有关的词组语法讲解
英语语法:疑问代词
系动词的语法应用
英语语法:as + 形容词或副词原级 + as
英语语法:物主代词
形容词和副词速记口诀
接不定式作宾语的动词速记口诀
形容词及其用法
英语语法:副词及其基本用法
英语语法:数词的应用
形容词与副词的比较级
英语语法:零冠词的用法
接动名词作宾语的动词速记口诀
英语语法:代词比较辩异 one,that 和it
用形容词表示类别和整体
助动词should,would的用法
英语语法:并列人称代词的排列顺序
英语语法:代词的指代问题
英语语法:比较级形容词或副词 + than
英语语法:the + 最高级 + 比较范围
英语语法:指示代词
英语语法:不定冠词的用法
英语语法:双重所有格
英语语法:人称代词的用法
助动词shall和will的用法
兼有两种形式的副词
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