Germany, in particular, must acknowledge that, far from being an innocent victim, its economy is the eurozone’s biggest beneficiary – and has been since the euro’s inception. That, together with the counterfactual – the economic calamity that would befall Germany following a collapse of the euro – implies a unique obligation to maintain it.
但要重塑信任和信誉，光加强南欧纪律是远远不够的。北欧也必须做出让步。特别是德国必须承认其经济绝不是无辜受害者，而是欧元区最大的受益者——从欧元诞生的那一天起就是如此。这与其相反的以免——欧元崩溃将给德国带来经济灾难——意味着德国身负拯救欧元的不二义务。