There has always been a close relationship between European monetary integration and global problems. Europeans thought that their close geographic proximity and shared cultural inheritance might enable them to produce answers where global debates had become stalled.
欧洲货币一体化和全球问题紧密相连。欧洲人认为，接近的地理位置和共享的文化遗产可以让他们在陷入僵局的全球议题上率先给出答案。如果某个议题在全球层面上暂时行不通，也许可以先在区域层面上给出一套办法。