Spain just completed its high-speed railway last year. Under similar political pressures there was really no choice but to let France provide the cars and Germany the electrification system. In the end, the Germans and French ended up fighting and struggling with each other throughout the construction period until it became virtually an international joke.
這種「政治性採購」後患無窮的例子的確殷鑑不遠，去年完成的西班牙高鐵，就在類似的壓力下，不得已由法國提供的車輛和德國負責的電氣系統「拼湊」而成，結果在工程期間，德法雙方互相掣肘、爭吵不休，幾乎傳為國際笑譚。