Doing so would earn Germany the lasting gratitude of the countries that are currently subordinated to it, just as the Marshall Plan earned the United States the lasting gratitude of Europe. Failure to seize this moment would, I believe, lead to the disintegration and eventual collapse of the European Union.
囿于最近的历史经验，德国不愿意扮演霸权的角色；当前的局面绝非德国阴险图谋的结果。尽管如此，德国无法摆脱这一角色带来的责任和负担。它必须学会成为温和霸权。这样能让德国收获目前附庸于它的国家的感激，正如马歇尔为美国赢得了欧洲的长期感激。我认为，抓不住这一时机将导致欧元区走向分裂并最终崩溃。