WASHINGTON, DC – The negotiations leading up to the latest tentative deal on Greece’s debt brought into relief two competing visions of the European Union: the flexible, humane, and political union espoused by France, and the legalistic and economy-focused union promoted by Germany. As François Heisbourg recently wrote, “By openly contemplating the forced secession of Greece [from the eurozone], Germany has demonstrated that economics trumps political and strategic considerations.
华盛顿——签署希腊债务问题初步协议的谈判挽救了两种激烈冲突的欧盟愿景：即由法国所主张的人性化的灵活政治联盟以及由德国所推崇的墨守成规的经济联合体。正如弗朗索瓦·埃斯堡最近在文章中所写的那样，“德国公开考虑逼迫希腊[从欧元区]退出已经证明经济战胜了政治和战略方面的考虑。法国则有着不同的排序。”现在的问题是哪种愿景将最终胜出？