These positions imply a desire to exercise sovereign power over the Economic and Monetary Union’s rules and decisions. Back in 1989-1991, exactly the same motive underlay President François Mitterrand’s imposition of the euro on Germany – that is, to harness the Bundesbank’s monetary power to a framework in which France could be confident of wielding decisive influence.
这些声明意味着法国有意对经济与货币联盟的规则和决策行使主权权力。回顾1989~1991年间，时任法国总统的弗朗索·密特朗（François Mitterrand）基于同样的动机强行向德国推销欧元——就是要用法国有信心发挥起决定性影响的框架来束缚住德国央行的货币实力。由于单一货币是当年法国接受德国统一的条件，德国只好照办。时隔二十年后，德国人的想法可能已经不一样了。