Is Germany becoming the new Gaullist state of Europe? It has fiercely opposed fully rescuing eurozone countries, forcing the EU repeatedly to act too little too late. Chancellor Angel Merkel has given up on nuclear energy, killing the possibility of a European energy policy. Germany shot down the EADS-BAE merger, missing an opportunity to create a global aerospace giant. And Ms Merkel, while proclaiming the need for a federalised eurozone, is stalling the implementation of a banking union. So, the argument goes: from now on, Germany is looking out only for its national interests and is not interested in Europe any more.
德國是否在成為歐洲新的戴高樂主義國家？它激烈反對全盤紓困歐元區國家的計劃，迫使歐盟(EU)一再采取“太少太遲”的行動。總理安格拉?默克爾(Angela Merkel)放棄核能，扼殺了形成歐洲能源政策的可能性。德國阻止EADS與BAE合并，錯過了締造全球航空航天巨擘的機會。默克爾一邊呼吁需要建立聯邦化的歐元區，一邊卻在阻礙銀行業聯盟計劃的實施。因此有了一種說法：從現在起，德國只謀求國家利益，而不再把歐洲放在心上。