Indeed, if the result of the recent summit means that France and Germany will henceforth each forge alliances against the other, while hiding behind verbal expressions of solidarity, we might just as well forget about Europe. Without a functioning Franco-German axis, the European project cannot succeed.
事实上，如果最新峰会的后果是法国与德国各自建立针锋相对的阵营（尽管表面上仍然大谈团结），那我们还是忘记欧洲吧。没有运转良好的法德轴心，欧洲工程断无可能成功。