An economically robust Germany is, without doubt, vital to the European project, if only because history has shown how dangerous an unhappy Germany can be. Indeed, it was thanks to the euro – and the captive European market that goes with it – that Germany today is the world’s second-leading exporter (China surpassed it in 2009).
毫无疑问，经济稳健的德国对欧洲工程来说是至关重要的，光是想一想德国不愉快所造成的危险后果就能理解这一点。事实上，正是欧元让德国成了欧洲市场的主宰，成为当今世界第二大出口国（2009年被中国超越）。