In short, what is known as the German question—how to contain a dominant country at the heart of Europe—is back.

简单地说，所谓的德国问题——即怎样把德国这样一个占支配性地位的国家控制在欧洲的中心——又成为了人们关注的焦点。

As he goes on to argue, today's European Union, which was created largely in an attempt to answer the German question, is once again struggling with German power.

接着他指出，欧盟曾在很大程度上是为了解决德国问题而建立的，而今日的欧盟又开始对付德国这块儿烫手的山芋了。