The only contemporary European who can lay claim to the mantle of greatness is German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the European Union’s de facto leader. Like former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, she tends to be underestimated at first, but gets the big decisions right.
那么今天呢？唯一一个有资格自称伟大的是欧盟的事实领导人，德国总理安吉拉·默克尔。像前总理赫尔穆特·科尔一样，她在开始时往往被低估，但做重要决定时却鲜有差错。科尔制定了德国统一的慷慨条款；默克尔在普京入侵乌克兰时对抗普京，并对移民危机采取了宽容的态度。