She is perhaps the most powerful woman in the world, but that does not mean she cannot seem to change her mind. Just 10 days ago Angela Merkel unexpectedly declared an exception to European rules, opening Germany’s borders to trainfuls of people — most of them refugees from the war in Syria — whose passage had until then been blocked by hostile Hungarian authorities. Then, last Sunday, she announced controls along the border with Austria intended to better regulate the influx of those refugees. Does the chancellor know what she is doing?
她也许是世界上最具权势的女人,但是这并不意味着她似乎不会改变主意。仅仅10天前,安格拉•默克尔(Angela Merkel)出乎意料地宣布对欧洲的规则作出例外处理,向挤满一列列火车的人们——多数是逃离叙利亚战争的难民——开放德国边境,此前这些人被充满敌意的匈牙利当局挡住去路。之后,就在上周日,她宣布在德国与奥地利的边境恢复边防控制,以便更好地管控涌入的难民。这位德国总理知道自己在做什么吗?