The answer is a resounding no. Regardless of whether it’s Chancellor Angela Merkel or Foreign Minister Frank Steinmeier, this answer reverberates across the political spectrum, and it is held irrespective of which parties or people form the government.
只需提出一个问题就能证明这种转变：如果在目前的情况下，德国还可能放弃马克并引入欧元作为共同货币吗？答案是响亮的“不可能”。不论总理默克尔和外交部长施泰因迈尔意下如何，这一回答将在整个德国政治界回响，不分党派和政要。