英國(guó)百萬(wàn)人游行要求二次公投

數(shù)以百萬(wàn)計(jì)的英國(guó)人23日如潮水般涌向倫敦市中心，抗議英國(guó)“脫歐”，要求政府就英國(guó)是否應(yīng)該離開(kāi)歐盟舉行第二次公投。

截至24日，向議會(huì)要求取消英國(guó)脫歐的網(wǎng)上請(qǐng)?jiān)刚呷藬?shù)已多達(dá)近500萬(wàn)，甚至一度導(dǎo)致議會(huì)網(wǎng)站服務(wù)器癱瘓。

 

 

Remain supporters and protesters take part in a march to Stop Brexit in Central London calling for a People's vote on Saturday. [Photo/VCG]

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Hundreds of thousands of people have marched in central London calling for another EU referendum, as MPs search for a way out of the Brexit impasse.

就在英國(guó)議員們?yōu)閿[脫脫歐僵局苦尋良方之際，數(shù)百萬(wàn)英國(guó)民眾走上倫敦市中心街頭游行示威，呼吁進(jìn)行第二次脫歐公投。

Organizers of the "Put It To The People" campaign say more than a million people joined the march before rallying in front of Parliament.

這場(chǎng)游行名為“交給人民決定”，組織者稱(chēng)，超過(guò)一百萬(wàn)人加入了游行隊(duì)伍，最終大家在英國(guó)議會(huì)前集會(huì)。

Protesters carrying EU flags and placards called for any Brexit deal be put to another public vote.

游行人群高舉歐盟旗幟和標(biāo)語(yǔ)，呼吁舉行第二次脫歐公投。

 

根據(jù)草案，歐盟同意將英國(guó)脫歐延期至5月22日，但這取決于特蕾莎-梅能否在本周使此前達(dá)成的脫歐協(xié)議獲得英國(guó)議會(huì)的批準(zhǔn)。如果脫歐協(xié)議沒(méi)能在議會(huì)獲得通過(guò)，則脫歐大限只能延期到4月12日，英國(guó)必須在此日期之前指出未來(lái)的方向以供歐洲理事會(huì)考慮。

Speakers at the rally included Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, London Mayor Sadiq Khan, and former attorney general Dominic Grieve.

參加集會(huì)的有英國(guó)工黨副主席湯姆-沃斯頓、蘇格蘭首席部長(zhǎng)尼古拉-斯特金、倫敦市長(zhǎng)薩迪克-汗和前司法部長(zhǎng)多米尼克-格里夫等人。

The deputy Labour leader, Tom Watson, has called for a people’s vote to reunite the country and decide the future together.

英國(guó)工黨副主席湯姆-沃斯頓呼吁民眾投票使國(guó)家再次團(tuán)結(jié)起來(lái)，一起決定未來(lái)。

Game Of Thrones star Lena Headey, Strictly Come Dancing presenter Claudia Winkleman and Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys were among the famous names to take to the streets.

《權(quán)力的游戲》演員琳娜-海蒂、《舞動(dòng)奇跡》節(jié)目主持人克勞迪婭-溫科曼、音樂(lè)組合寵物店男孩的尼爾-坦南特等名人也參加了游行。

截至目前，在英國(guó)議會(huì)網(wǎng)站上簽署請(qǐng)?jiān)笗?shū)，呼吁政府撤回“脫歐”決定、支持繼續(xù)留在歐盟的人數(shù)已經(jīng)超過(guò)了500萬(wàn)，打破了英國(guó)的網(wǎng)上簽名記錄。

請(qǐng)?jiān)笗?shū)中寫(xiě)道，政府不止一次地表示離開(kāi)歐盟是“民眾的意愿”，必須證明“英國(guó)民眾強(qiáng)烈支持留在歐盟”。

The petition asking the British government to revoke article 50 and reconsider its plan to exit the European Union has passed the 5m-signature mark, following a massive demonstration in London on Saturday.

在上周六倫敦大規(guī)模集會(huì)過(guò)后，要求英國(guó)政府撤回《里斯本條約》第50條、重新考慮是否脫歐的網(wǎng)絡(luò)請(qǐng)?jiān)溉藬?shù)已經(jīng)超過(guò)500萬(wàn)。

(注：根據(jù)《里斯本條約》第50條規(guī)定，有脫歐意向的成員國(guó)需要與歐盟進(jìn)行為期兩年的協(xié)商。)

Over the course of Thursday, the parliamentary petitions website collapsed multiple times under the weight of traffic to the plea.

上周四，由于訪問(wèn)流量過(guò)高，英國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)請(qǐng)?jiān)妇W(wǎng)站數(shù)次崩潰。

The petition, started in late February by “frustrated remainer” Margaret Georgiadou, began to rapidly gain signatures on Wednesday evening.

這一請(qǐng)?jiān)富顒?dòng)始于二月底，是由“失意的留歐者”瑪格麗特-喬卡亞多發(fā)起的。自上周三晚間開(kāi)始，請(qǐng)?jiān)溉藬?shù)激增。

But Theresa May rejected the message of the petition, when a No 10 spokeswoman said on Thursday evening that she worried that cancelling Brexit would cause “potentially irreparable damage to public trust”.

但特雷莎·梅拒絕了請(qǐng)?jiān)傅囊?。首相府一位女發(fā)言人上周四晚間說(shuō)，特雷莎-梅擔(dān)心取消脫歐“可能對(duì)公眾信任造成無(wú)法挽回的影響”。

A Protester wearing a paper hat with the words '#putittothepeople For Our Kids' Future' takes part in the Put It To The People March on March 23, 2019 in London, England. [Photo/VCG]

根據(jù)英國(guó)的有關(guān)法律法規(guī)，請(qǐng)?jiān)笗?shū)簽名數(shù)量一旦超過(guò)1萬(wàn)個(gè)，政府必須公開(kāi)回應(yīng);如果簽名數(shù)量超過(guò)10萬(wàn)個(gè)，議會(huì)就要進(jìn)行公開(kāi)辯論。

 

英國(guó)媒體報(bào)道稱(chēng)，11名不愿公開(kāi)姓名的內(nèi)閣大臣認(rèn)為特雷莎·梅應(yīng)當(dāng)辭去首相職務(wù)。這些大臣說(shuō)，他們定于25日與特雷莎-梅會(huì)面。如果她拒絕卸任，這些閣僚可能威脅辭職。按照一名大臣的說(shuō)法，“快結(jié)束了，她會(huì)在10天內(nèi)走人”。

A number of British parliamentarians, including senior members of May's own Conservative Party, have wanted her out for some time. British newspapers on Sunday reported that senior members of May's cabinet could resign to force her resignation.

數(shù)名英國(guó)議會(huì)議員已要求特雷莎-梅辭職，其中包括特雷莎-梅領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的英國(guó)保守黨中的幾位資深議員。據(jù)英國(guó)報(bào)紙上周日?qǐng)?bào)道，特雷莎-梅內(nèi)閣中的幾位資深成員可能會(huì)辭職，以迫使她卸任。

Several backbenchers openly said it was time for the prime minister to quit after recent votes exposed irreconcilable divisions in the Conservative Party from the cabinet down.

幾位英國(guó)下議院普通議員公開(kāi)表態(tài)說(shuō)，最近的投票顯示出英國(guó)保守黨內(nèi)部出現(xiàn)不可調(diào)和的分歧，英國(guó)首相特雷莎-梅應(yīng)從內(nèi)閣辭職。

Ex-Brexit secretary David Davis did not name Ms May but also indicated a new start is needed.

前英國(guó)脫歐大臣戴維斯-大衛(wèi)沒(méi)有對(duì)特雷莎-梅直接點(diǎn)名，但也指出英國(guó)需要一個(gè)新的開(kāi)端。