Call it a very big bazooka indeed, or Germany’s “whatever it takes” moment. There are few more striking signs of how Donald Trump is upturning the old world order than incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz’s epochal agreement with the rival Social Democrats to loosen Germany’s debt rules to fund massive investment in infrastructure and the military. The resulting stimulus could be the largest since after reunification in 1990. Its partners should celebrate Germany’s move back towards providing the economic, political and defensive leadership Europe needs.
可以將它稱為巨大的火箭筒，或者德國的“不惜一切代價”時刻。沒有什么比即將上任的德國總理弗里德里希?默茨(Friedrich Merz)與競爭對手社民黨達成的劃時代協議更能表明唐納德?特朗普(Donald Trump)正在顛覆舊世界秩序了。該協議放寬了德國的債務規則，為基礎設施和軍事的大規模投資提供資金。由此產生的刺激可能是自1990年德國統一以來最大的一次。其合作伙伴應該慶祝德國重新提供歐洲所需的經濟、政治和防務領導力。