BEC中级阅读：德国工业界批评法国经济爱国主义

德国主要的工业游说团体昨日提醒德国政府，不要追随法国，因为全球化挑战而加大政府对经济的影响。

Germany's leading industry lobbyist warned Berlin yesterday not to follow France's lead in raising the state's influence on the economy in response to the challenges of globalisation.

德国工业联合会(BDI)主席约根o图曼(Jurgen Thumann)在接受英国《金融时报》采访时表示，法国总统尼古拉斯o萨克奇(Nicolas Sarkozy)鼓吹的"经济爱国主义"，是推动欧洲保护主义思潮的因素之一。

Jurgen Thumann, the chairman of the BDI industry federation, told the FT in an interview the "economic patriotism" championed by Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, was among the factors fuelling a protectionist zeitgeist in Europe.

"这股思潮是存在的。但是我不一定非要追随这种思潮。相反，它促使我更加抵制保护主义措施的诱惑。"

"This zeitgeist exists. But I do not have to follow the zeitgeist. On the contrary, it encourages me even more to fight the temptation of protectionist measures."