Only in this manner – reflected most vividly in its embrace of the European project – did Germany win consent for its reunification. It would be both tragic and ironic if a restored Germany, by peaceful means and with the best of intentions, brought about the ruin of the European order a third time.
20世纪，德国人曾两次摧毁了自己和欧洲秩序，后来又让西方相信他们找到了正确的路。惟其如此——投入欧洲工程便是最生动的写照——德国人才赢得了世人对其重新统一的认可。如果带着最良好的初衷以和平方式获得新生的德国第三次摧毁欧洲的秩序，那将是怎样的悲剧和讽刺！