放弃某些国家预算控制来实现财政一体化在政治上似乎是不可能的，而讨论修改条约 — — 即使它来自德国财政部长 — — 不过是些空洞的修辞包装而已。
Relinquishing some control over national budgets to achieve fiscal integration appears politically impossible, and talk of treaty changes – even if it comes from the German finance minister – amounts to little more than empty rhetorical finery.