改革的必要性显而易见：结构性因素在欧元区近年来的预算赤字总额中占到了75-80 % ， 而且2002年以后《协议》规定的国家预算赤字不超过国内生产总值3%的上限也屡次被突破。
The need for reform is self-evident: with structural factors accounting for 75-80% of aggregate budget deficits for the euro area in recent years, the Pact’s 3%-of-GDP ceiling for national budget deficits has been breached repeatedly since 2002.