Such a move would be deemed premature by numerous critics. Twenty years ago, right after the fall of the Berlin Wall, one could say “I want Europe so much that I am willing to accept one Germany” – a revolutionary move if one had in mind the French writer François Mauriac’s famous joke, “I like Germany so much, I want two of them.”
不少批评家会认为行动的时机尚不成熟。二十年前，柏林墙刚倒塌时，可以说“我如此热爱欧洲，甚至可以接受一个德国”的提法是一次革命性的进步——如果你还记得法国作家弗朗索瓦·莫里亚克的那个著名的笑话，“我如此热爱德国，甚至想把它分成两个。”