大聯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“大聯合”政府來打破大選後僵局。

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)的領導人霍斯特?澤霍費爾(Horst Seehofer)向《週日圖片報》(Bild am Sonntag)表示，由中左翼和中右翼組成大聯合政府是“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着正在艱難應對英國退歐和歐元區改革嘗試的歐洲之際，上週中左翼的社民黨(SPD)放棄了該黨拒絕考慮組建大聯合政府的決定。過去四年一直是大聯合政府在德國主政。

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世紀中葉以來最糟糕的結果）在它的要求上應該“切合實際”。社民黨高層人物呼籲加強措施保護兼職勞動者，並廢止私人醫保。

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——反對爲難民人數設置上限——看起來可能是達成組閣協議的障礙。10月，澤霍費爾在選舉後與默克爾的基民盟談判後，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。