German President calls on Merkel to explain euro crisis

 BERLIN, July 8 (Xinhua) -- German President Joachim Gauck on Saturday asked Chancellor¹ Angela Merkel to explain in detail why the eurozone's largest economy needs to save its troubling partners.

In an interview with German television ZDF, Gauck said Merkel must give German citizens a more clarified explaination on the necessity to dissolve the gnawing² eurozone sovereign debt crisis.

"She now has the obligation to describe in great detail, what this means, also means fiscally," Gauck said.

"Sometimes it is difficult to explain what is at stake. And sometimes there is a lack of motivation and effort to explain to the people what is actually happening," the president said, while offering to help in the process of communicating those priorities.

In the meantime, Gauck said he held the work of the Chancellor with great respect, saying "what she had done and now is doing come beyond my capacity."Commenting on the European Union leaders' summit in Brussels last week, Gauck said the outcome of the meeting was not too negative from a German perspective.

"Rarely could a whole page be put through during any negotiation³ and dispute, while the talks on the financial crisis would need compromises." Gauke said.

1 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

2 gnawing   

a.痛苦的，折磨人的

参考例句：

• The dog was gnawing a bone. 那狗在啃骨头。
• These doubts had been gnawing at him for some time. 这些疑虑已经折磨他一段时间了。

3 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。