Politically, it would be a big mistake for Germany to exit the euro, because that would reinstate the Rhine as the border between France and Germany. Franco-German reconciliation, the greatest success of the postwar period in Europe, would be in jeopardy.
从政治上说，德国退出欧元是个巨大的错误，因为这会重新使莱茵河成为法德分界线。法德和解——战后欧洲最伟大的成功——将遭遇挫折。