It is true that Angela Merkel is the first postwar German chancellor not to have lived through World War II. But her views and actions are shaped by the society in which she lives, which in turn is shaped by that history.
救助希腊的政治博弈固然惹恼了德国人。安格拉·默克尔固然是二战后第一位战后出生的德国总理。但她的见解和行为方式受制于她所处的那个社会，而那个社会的心态又受制于二战那段历史。对默克尔适用的情况仍然对整个欧洲适用。这就是为什么，欧盟各国领导人会咬着牙迈出史无前例的一步。