Not one more euro of German taxpayer money, she vowed, would be contributed for this purpose. Yet everyone knew that once the Bundestag voted for the latest Greek rescue and enough time passed to acknowledge reality gracefully, Merkel would reverse course and argue that the eurozone needed a bigger firewall after all.
比如，2月底，德国总理默克尔做出了令人惊讶的坚持：欧洲不需要加固其金融防火墙来保护其他欧元区国家免受希腊的无序违约。她坚定地宣称，德国纳税人不会再为此多花一个子儿。但所有人都知道，一旦德国众议院投票赞成最近的希腊援助计划并经过足够长的时间来让她体面地承认现实，那么默克尔将会自食其言，指出欧元区毕竟还是需要更大的防火墙的。