So when Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, early in his first term, signed the so-called Blair-Schröder paper, which pledged agreement with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on liberalizing reforms, he made certain that it was published in London and played down in Berlin. Similarly, the European Union's Lisbon agenda of economic liberalization was never really taken seriously in Germany, France, or most other countries on the Continent.
因此，格哈特·施罗德总理首任期间与英国首相托尼·布莱尔签署所谓的布莱尔-施罗德文件，承诺在自由化改革方面与英国合作。这在英国宣扬得大张旗鼓，而在德国却鲜为人知。与此相似，宣传欧盟经济自由化的《里斯本备忘录》在德、法或其它多数欧洲大陆国家根本就没人当真。