Should Germany spurn the first part of this formula, the European project would suffer serious damage – and so will German national interests. Yet this is the direction in which Chancellor Merkel seems to be heading.
它们的口号很简单：有付出，才有回报。假如德国拒绝了口号的前半部分，欧洲一体化方案就会受到严重损害，德国的国家利益也会连带受损。然而，默克尔总理似乎正朝着这个不祥的方向走去。