本报告期内,西班牙和葡萄牙受希腊主权债务危机影响,公共财政状况急剧恶化,对两国政局和国内政策产生重大影响,执政党和反对党在经济政策和社会改革上展开新一轮博弈。在国内、欧盟及国际货币基金组织等诸多舆论压力下,两国政府分别实行更为严厉的财政紧缩政策,通过增加税收和减少公共开支、削减社会福利保障及国有企业私有化等措施,以改善公共财政状况,争取尽快摆脱主权债务危机的影响。2010年上半年,西班牙在再次担任欧盟轮值主席国期间,为实现《里斯本条约》提出的机构改革、加强欧盟多层治理、扩大欧盟在全球的影响力等目标做了大量工作,成效显著。中国与葡萄牙经贸关系发展形势良好,两国为构筑多元化的高层经贸合作平台和机制做出了积极的努力。
<<Since the end of 2009,the Greek sovereign debt crisis has quickly contaminated Portugal and Spain,whose public financial positions deteriorated sharply,which in turn impacted negatively on their political situations,causing dividing views between the ruling and opposition parties of these two countries respectively on how to get rid of the debt crisis. In the face of the pressures both at home and from international organizations like the EU and IMF,both the Portuguese and Spanish governments unveiled much harsher fiscal austerity plans to ride out the sovereign debt crisis,including measures aimed at increasing tax revenues,cutting down public expenditure,reducing social welfare benefits and privatizing state-owned enterprises. As the EU’s rotating presidency during the first half of 2010,Spain contributed a lot to reforming the EU institutions targeted by the Treaty of Lisbon,having elevated the EU’s global visibility and enhanced its multi-level economic governance. The economic and trade relations between China and Portugal are developing rapidly and smoothly and both parties have made great efforts to construct a pluralistic setting for the bilateral economic and trade cooperation.
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