默克尔发出警告：美国已经靠不住了，欧洲必须掌握命运！

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe can no longer count on the U.S. for military protection and must “take its destiny into its own hands.”

德国总理安吉拉·默克尔表示，欧洲不能再指望美国提供军事保护了，必须将命运掌握在自己的手中。

Merkel’s comments on Thursday reprise a theme she first sounded last year in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy and his hectoring of European NATO allies for allegedly spending too little on defense. It’s her latest retort to Trump, who this week withdrew the U.S. from a nuclear accord with Iran that European powers say they will uphold.

默克尔周四的论调类似于她去年首次回应美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的“美国优先”外交政策。据称，特朗普曾因欧洲北约盟友军费开支过少而恐吓他们。这是她最近一次反驳特朗普，特朗普本周使美国退出了欧洲各大国纷纷表示坚持的伊朗核协议。

“It’s no longer the case that the United States will simply just protect us,” Merkel said to applause in a speech honoring French President Emmanuel Macron, who sat behind her at a prize ceremony in Aachen, Germany. “Rather, Europe needs to take its fate into its own hands. That’s the task for the future.”

默克尔在于德国亚琛举行的颁奖仪式上发表了一场表彰法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙的演讲。她说道：“美国不单纯是在保护我们。欧洲需要将命运掌握在自己的手中。这是未来的任务。”她赢得了掌声，马克龙就坐在她后面。

Many major global conflicts are happening “at Europe’s doorstep,” said Merkel, who expressed concern about the risk of war between Israel and Iran over Syria.

默克尔指出：“很多重大的全球问题正在欧洲的大门口发生。”她对以色列和伊朗就叙利亚问题引发的战争危机表达了担忧。

While European Union countries have made progress on defense cooperation, the effort remains “in its infancy,” she said.

她坦言：“虽然欧盟国家在国防合作上取得了进展，但是仍然处于初始阶段。”