The EU was and is institutionalized compromise, and must remain so now, in the midst of a global economic crisis. If Germany and France don’t quickly resolve their differences and find a joint strategic answer to the crisis, they will damage themselves and Europe as a whole.
欧盟是和制度化的妥协，过去是，现在也是，而且处在全球经济危机的时刻，将来也必须继续这样。如果德国和法国不迅速地解决他们的分歧并找到针对危机的共同战略，他们将损害到自身和整个欧洲。