By contrast, her German counterpart, Chancellor Helmut Kohl, often regarded as one of that generation’s preeminent European champions, offered only lukewarm support for the Single European Act. He preferred to help steer Europe toward monetary and political union, just when its economy had begun to fall behind the rest of the world.
相反，撒切尔的德国同僚，被外界普遍视为那一代杰出欧洲精英人物的赫尔穆特·科尔总理并没有对单一欧洲法给予热情的支持。他更愿意推动欧洲向货币和政治联盟的方向发展，彼时欧洲经济刚刚开始落后于世界其他地区。