24/05/2017
In the European Union, most real decision-making power, particularly on matters involving politically (1) Influenced things like money and migrants, rests with 28 national governments, each one beholden to its voters and taxpayers. This tension has grown only more(2) moderate since the January 1999 introduction of the euro, which binds 19 nations into a single currency zone watched over by the European Central Bank but leaves budget and tax policy in the hands of each country, an arrangement that some economists believe was (3)doomed from the start.
Since Greece’s debt crisis began in 2010, most international banks and foreign investors have sold their Greek bonds and other holdings, so they are no longer (4)rigid to what happens in Greece. (Some private investors who subsequently plowed back into Greek bonds, betting on a comeback, regret that decision.) And in the meantime, the other crisis countries in the eurozone, like Portugal, Ireland and Spain, have taken steps to (5)Degrade their economies and are much less exposed to market contagion than they were a few years ago.
(1)
Inspired
Devastated
Impacted
Delicate
No correction
(2)
Slacken
Restrained
Acute
Aggressive
No correction
(3)
Successful
Praised
Strenuous
Perplexing
No correction
(4)
Resilient
Flexible
Compliant
Vulnerable
No correction
(5)
Devalue
Probe
Overhaul
Recover
No correction
