然而，德国也决不只是一个寻常国家：它在维系两个会继续保障它的福祉的国际机构—欧盟和大西洋联盟—方面也是举足轻重。
But it is also more than just a normal country: Germany remains central to holding together the two international institutions that will continue to assure its well-being, the European Union and the Atlantic alliance.