In these fragmented political areas, the logic of integration in the past depended on areas that were dissatisfied with political outcomes appealing to new allies in larger units. Franconians in southern Germany disliked the fact that the Napoleonic Wars subjected them to Bavarian rule; they saw German nationalism as a way to use Prussia and Berlin as a counterweight to Munich’s hegemony.
在这些碎片化的政治地区，统一的逻辑在过去依赖于不满于政治结果、寻求在更大单元中形成新联盟的地区。德国南部的法兰克人讨厌拿破仑战争迫使他们遵守巴伐利亚规则这一事实，他们将建立德国视为利用普鲁士和柏林作为制衡慕尼黑领导权的机制。但是，在德国统一之后，巴伐利亚人并不喜欢这一结果，他们将统一的欧洲视为对德国的制衡。事实上，巴伐利亚在利用欧共体资源支持其自身政治制度方面早已驾轻就熟。