金融风暴与欧盟的应对行动协调——内在动因与主要举措述析

2008年9月始自美国的金融风暴强烈冲击了欧洲,银行系统与实体经济均遭重创。面对这场重大危机,尽管欧盟成员国最初曾试图各自应对,但在内外因素、特别是经济一体化深层结构性效应的推动下,终于决计谋求共同应对,走向了行动协调,并先后在金融市场和实体经济两大领域采取了一系列重要举措。前者主要涉及四点(1)各国的直接救市措施,旨在维护市场公平竞争秩序;(2)加强金融监管;(3)欧元区与非欧元区成员国合作;(4)强化内部协调,推动国际金融体系改革。后者则是制定了《欧洲经济复苏计划》,试图在《稳定和增长公约》框架内启动和协调各国的财政手段,迅速刺激需求和提升市场信心,以尽快推动经济复苏和就业,避免深度衰退的出现;同时,欧盟又强调以"里斯本战略"为依据,通过各种手段的协调并用,促进"结构性改革"和"聪敏型投资",推动技术创新和知识型经济发展,以提升欧洲的长远竞争力,最终促进增长和就业。欧盟在此次危机中的协调取向及各项应对举措,不但对其逐步走出当前困境,而且对日后一体化的发展进程,都将具有重要意义并产生深远影响。

The Financial Storm and the EU's Coordination of the Member States' Reactions

The financial storm started in the U.S. in September 2008 sent strong shock waves throughout Europe,with the banking system and real economy suffering heavy losses. After the initial attempts by the EU member states to deal with this crisis individually,promoted by both the internal and external factors,especially by the deep structural effects of the economic integration,they determined at last to take common efforts and coordinate their actions. A series of significant measures have been successively take...