From Scotland and Catalonia to the borders of Ukraine, the politics of nationality flared, while Europe’s economy stagnated – hostage to a German inflation phobia that dates back to 1923. And, as the year unfolded, a new geopolitical tug of war between the continent’s two early-twentieth-century giants, Germany and Russia, became apparent, while Europe’s amnesiac political elite seemed to be fumbling on one front after another.
从苏格兰和加泰罗尼亚到乌克兰边境，国籍政治（politics of nationality）闹得不可开交，与此同时，欧洲经济陷入了停滞——这是可追溯到1923年的德国通胀恐惧症的副作用。此外，随着2014年的展开，欧洲大陆两大20世纪初的巨人——德国和俄罗斯之间的新的地缘政治战争角力变得日益明显，而欧洲健忘的政治精英们在各个阵线上手忙脚乱。