The path that Germany will pursue in the twenty-first century – toward a “European Germany” or a “German Europe” – has been the fundamental, historical question at the heart of German foreign policy for two centuries. And it was answered during that long night in Brussels, with German Europe prevailing over European Germany.
La de la vía que Alemania recorrerá en el siglo XXI –hacia una “Alemania europea” o una “Europa alemana” – ha sido la cuestión histórica fundamental de la política exterior alemana durante dos siglos y se le dio respuesta durante aquella larga noche en Bruselas, al prevalecer la Europa alemana sobre la Alemania europea.