Germans insist that debtors have a moral obligation to pay what they owe and atone for their sinful profligacy. A Slovak prime minister who rejects refugees on the grounds that “Slovakia is built for Slovaks, not for minorities” is hard to buy off.
价值冲突也阻碍着妥协。德国人坚持债务国有道德义务偿还欠债、补偿他们罪恶的放荡生活。斯洛伐克总理拒绝难民的理由是“斯洛伐克是为斯洛伐克人而建，不是为少数群体而建，”这一理由难以服众。即使欧盟安置难民的计划让不受欢迎的难民离开匈牙利，该国民族主义极权领导人奥班原则上仍然反对，并指责德国试图将其对难民的慷慨态度强加给邻国是“道德帝国主义”。