LONDON – The future of Europe now depends on something apparently impossible: Greece and Germany must strike a deal. What makes such a deal seem impossible is not the principled opposition of the two governments – Greece has demanded a debt reduction, while Germany has insisted that not a euro of debt can be written off – but something more fundamental: while Greece is obviously the weaker party in this conflict, it has far more at stake.
伦敦—如今，欧洲的未来取决于显然不现实的东西：希腊和德国必须达成协议。让希腊和德国不可能达成协议的不是两国政府坚守的立场——希腊要求债务削减，而德国坚持不会削减一个子儿的债务——而是更加基本的东西：希腊是这场冲突中显而易见的弱方，但它在其中的利害关系也要严重得多。