Rather than lead, the Franco-German couple is constantly, and publicly, at each other’s throats. While today’s quarrel is about who should pay for restructuring Greece, the real issue is the latent distrust between the two partners, which carries the danger of a permanent estrangement.
欧盟内部目前的分歧，欧元区各国政府都难辞其咎，但最主要的责任在于最大的两个欧元经济体 —— 德国和法国。它们非但不去带好这个头，反而不断公开相互拆台。今日的争执，表面上是谁来为希腊债务重组埋单的问题，深层次上则体现了法德之间潜在的不信任，这搞不好会弄出一场“同床异梦”的闹剧。