Because of its very relevance, historical heft, and cultural baggage, France mistrusts the changes taking place around it – as though the weight of its nationhood were keeping it from taking flight and narrowing its horizons. But no country today can remain isolated from globalization, tame it, or lead it alone.
正因其相关性、历史重要性和厚重的文化，法国不信任周边所发生的变化——尽管其国家地位保证了它不会远离欧洲而去，也不会自缩阵线。但当今世界没有一个国家可以隔离于全球化之外、驯服全球化或单枪匹马领导全球化。因此法国必须再一次着眼欧洲，而欧洲若想实现平衡和成功，反过来也需要法国和德国。