AT the NATO summit in Bucharest last April, Ms Merkel stood most visibly against American pressure to grant a Membership Action plan-a road-map to join the alliance-to Ukraine and Georgia.

在今年四月布加勒斯特召开的北约峰会上，美国要求准许乌克兰和格鲁吉亚加入北约成员行动计划(Membership Action Plan)(这一计划是加盟北约的路线图)，而默克尔则旗帜鲜明地站在了反对美国这一施压行为的一边。

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