重新引入馬克以逃脫經濟崩潰的說法在德國增加

重新引入馬克以逃脫經濟崩潰的說法在德國增加：德意志電波電台報導
Talk of reintroducing D Mark to escape economic meltdown grows in Germany: Deutsche Welle reports

Tuesday, 04 May 2010 13:31
From Deutsche Welle

Society 29.04.2010
Postcard from Europe: Pining for the D-mark

Author: Kyle James
Editor: Sabina Casagrande

The news of Greece's financial crisis and its negative effect on the euro is ruling the headlines. It's got many Germans all nostalgic about a dear, departed old friend: the D-mark. Kyle James reflects on bygone times.
希臘金融危機的消息及其在歐元的負面影響在統領新聞頭條，它令許多德國人都懷舊那親愛的、離開了的老朋友：馬克，凱爾詹姆斯在過去時報上反映。
Germans aren't panicking about the euro's fall in value. But more than a few have visions of deutschmarks and pfennigs dancing in their heads.
德國人不在恐慌歐元貶值，但比少數略多的人有願景德國馬克和芬尼在他們的腦中舞蹈。
I wouldn't be surprised if many Germans aren't trying to remember where they might have stashed that wad of deutschmarks back in 2002 when the euro went into circulation. Who knows? They might be needed again.
我不會驚訝如果很多德國人不在嘗試記起，他們在2002年歐元流通時，在那裡可能藏匿了一疊的德國馬克，誰知道？它們可能會再被需要。
You see, the Deutschmark is back in the news - and back in the hearts of many in this country. In fact, it never really left.
你看，德國馬克又回到新聞中 - 和回到這個國家許多人的心中。事實上，它從未真正離開過。
As politicians have been scrambling to save the Greek economy from default, Germans have been falling out of love with the euro. Sure, the common currency simplifies traveling across the border to France to buy a baguette. But it also makes it easier for countries like Greece or Portugal to run up massive debts that Mr. and Mrs. German taxpayer end up paying for.


A deep bond

Nuh-uh, many are saying, that's not how it used to be. Maybe it's time to bring our beloved D-mark back from the dead and consider the euro experiment failed.

It shouldn't be that surprising. Germans were never that thrilled about the new money anyway. They had a deep emotional connection to their D-mark. It was a strong, stable currency. It meant Germany would never return to the hyperinflation of the Weimar years. It led the country through a post-war economic miracle and political rehabilitation. It was a familiar, reliable friend.

No wonder that so many have held on to them. Germany's Bundesbank says there are over six-and-a-half billion deutschmarks in bills and almost seven billion in coins floating around out there. And a lot of people would like to start spending them again. A new survey shows that nearly half of Germans would like to see the D-mark come back if the value of the euro continues heading south.

An unrealistic dream

But this deutschmark worship is pretty unrealistic. The cost of changing the currency again would be enormous. If Germany pulled out of the euro, the currency would most likely collapse and pull the entire eurozone economy down with it.

Of course, I can't read the future. But the D-mark is likely to remain a fond memory. The euro will struggle and then straighten itself up again; people will move on. Anyway, I don't want to have to start converting currencies again. It was hard enough eight years ago. I say: let's hang on to the euro, even in tough times.

But then again, I wonder where I did hide those D-marks - just in case?