首先请允许我谈一点本国的情况。德国统一一年半以来至今面临两大任务:德国东部的经济一体化与欧洲经济和货币联盟的准备。新建联邦州经济结构的改变是一项巨大的任务,它需要我们作出多年的努力。显然,我们今天在德国经济策略方面所做的一切,都应放在德国统一的背景下来观察。人们不应当忘记,统一过程自身所带来的特殊负担,其根源在于:在前民主德国和东欧共产主义集团的共 First let me talk about the situation in my own country. To date, Germany has faced two major tasks since the unification of 18 months: the economic integration in eastern Germany and the preparation of the European Economic and Monetary Union. The change in the economic structure of the new federal state is a huge task that requires years of hard work. Obviously, everything we do today in Germany’s economic strategy should be observed against the background of reunification of Germany. One should not forget that the special burden brought about by the unification process itself stems from the fact that in the former Commonwealth of Germany and Eastern European Communities