他在德国商报(Handelsblatt)上撰文指出，“爱尔兰和芬兰的繁荣对于欧洲如此重要，以至于欧洲大陆核心区域陷入衰退的风险可以被忽视？”

"Are the booms in Ireland and Finland so important for Europe that the threat of a recession in the heart of the Continent can be overlooked on their account?" he wrote in the newspaper Handelsblatt.

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