默克爾盟友：大聯(lián)合政府是德國最佳選擇

One of Germany’s leading conservatives has backed the prospect of a fresh “grand coalition” to break the post-election deadlock ahead of negotiations in which Angela Merkel will seek to extend her 12-year rule.

在安格拉•默克爾(Angela Merkel)尋求延長12年任期的談判前夕，德國主要保守派人物之一支持組建新的“大聯(lián)合”政府來打破大選后僵局。

Horst Seehofer, head of the Christian Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian sister party of Ms Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU), told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper that a grand coalition of the centre-left and centre-right was “the best option for Germany”.

默克爾的基民盟(CDU)在巴伐利亞州的姐妹黨基社盟(CSU)的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人霍斯特•澤霍費爾(Horst Seehofer)向《周日圖片報》(Bild am Sonntag)表示，由中左翼和中右翼組成大聯(lián)合政府是“德國的最佳選擇”。

With the uncertainty in Berlin hanging over Europe as it grapples with Brexit and attempts to reform the eurozone, the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) last week abandoned their refusal to consider recreating the grand coalition that governed Germany for the past four years.

在柏林的不確定性籠罩著正在艱難應(yīng)對英國退歐和歐元區(qū)改革嘗試的歐洲之際，上周中左翼的社民黨(SPD)放棄了該黨拒絕考慮組建大聯(lián)合政府的決定。過去四年一直是大聯(lián)合政府在德國主政。

Mr Seehofer said the SPD, which suffered its worst result since the mid-20th century in September’s election, should “remain realistic” in its demands. Senior SPD figures are calling for stronger measures protecting part-time workers and the abolition of private health insurance.

澤霍費爾表示，社民黨(該黨在9月選舉中遭遇了自20世紀(jì)中葉以來最糟糕的結(jié)果)在它的要求上應(yīng)該“切合實際”。社民黨高層人物呼吁加強措施保護兼職勞動者，并廢止私人醫(yī)保。

However, another of the SPD’s central positions looks likely to be an obstacle for any deal — its opposition to a cap on refugee numbers. In October, Mr Seehofer secured a commitment to a cap of 200,000 refugees a year in post-election talks with Ms Merkel’s that resolved a rift within the conservative bloc over asylum policy.

然而，社民黨的另一個核心立場——反對為難民人數(shù)設(shè)置上限——看起來可能是達成組閣協(xié)議的障礙。10月，澤霍費爾在選舉后與默克爾的基民盟談判后，爭取到了每年收容難民不超過20萬的上限承諾，解決了保守派陣營圍繞庇護政策的分歧。