As we produced this show the United Kingdom was awaiting the results of a national election. The biggest issue on the table is one you've heard about— the Brexit, the British exit from the European Union. Britain's voted to leave the 28 member union in the summer of 2016, but it's such a complicated process with such deep political divisions over it that it hasn't been completed yet. In October, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for the election that took place yesterday.
在我們制作本期節(jié)目時,英國正在等待國家大選的結果?,F(xiàn)在擺在臺面上的最大問題是大家都知道的——英國脫歐,即英國退出歐盟。2016年夏天,英國經(jīng)投票決定離開擁有28個成員國的歐盟,但這是一個極為復雜的過程,而且存在非常嚴重的政治分歧,因此目前還未能完成。今年10月,英國首相鮑里斯·約翰遜要求舉行選舉,時間就定在昨天。
He's hoping his party, the conservative party, will win enough seats to push through his Brexit agreement with the European Union. The main opposition party, the labor party, wants to hold another vote on Brexit. There are other issues here too. According to the Reuters News Agency, Prime Minister Johnson wants the British government to spend more on education, law enforcement and health care. Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn wants more spending on government services and higher taxes on Britain's with higher incomes. Going into the election the polls indicated that the conservatives had the lead. CNN.com will have the latest on how Britain's vote went.
他希望他所在的保守黨能贏得足夠席位,以通過他與歐盟達成的英國脫歐協(xié)議。而主要反對黨工黨則希望重新就英國脫歐舉行公投。這場大選還聚焦其他問題。據(jù)路透社報道,首相約翰遜希望英國政府增加教育、執(zhí)法和醫(yī)保的支出。工黨領袖杰里米·科爾賓希望增加政府服務的開支,同時對高收入人群加稅。目前民調(diào)顯示,保守黨在這場選舉中領先。CNN官網(wǎng)將更新英國大選的結果。
As we produced this show the United Kingdom was awaiting the results of a national election. The biggest issue on the table is one you've heard about— the Brexit, the British exit from the European Union. Britain's voted to leave the 28 member union in the summer of 2016, but it's such a complicated process with such deep political divisions over it that it hasn't been completed yet. In October, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for the election that took place yesterday.
He's hoping his party, the conservative party, will win enough seats to push through his Brexit agreement with the European Union. The main opposition party, the labor party, wants to hold another vote on Brexit. There are other issues here too. According to the Reuters News Agency, Prime Minister Johnson wants the British government to spend more on education, law enforcement and health care. Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn wants more spending on government services and higher taxes on Britain's with higher incomes. Going into the election the polls indicated that the conservatives had the lead. CNN.com will have the latest on how Britain's vote went.