德國總理默克爾宣布2021年卸任

Germany’s Angela Merkel has said she will step down as chancellor in 2021, following recent election setbacks.

在近期選舉受挫之后，德國總理安吉拉·默克爾表示，她將在2021年卸任總理。

"I will not be seeking any political post after my term ends," she told a news conference in Berlin.

“在我任期結(jié)束后，我不會出任任何政治職位，”她在柏林的新聞發(fā)布會上說。

She also said she would not seek re-election as leader of the centre-right CDU party in December. She has held the post since 2000.

她還表示，她不會在12月二次選舉中，競選中右翼基督教聯(lián)盟黨(CDU)的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人地位。她自2000年以來一直擔(dān)任該職位。

The CDU was severely weakened in Sunday’s poll in the state of Hesse, the latest in a series of setbacks.

在星期天的黑森州選舉中，CDU遭到嚴(yán)重挫敗，這是一系列挫敗中的最新打擊。

Both the CDU and its national coalition partners, the Social Democrats, were 10 percentage points down on the previous poll there.

CDU及其全國聯(lián)盟黨“社會民主黨”在此前的選舉中的支持率均下降了10個(gè)百分點(diǎn)。

The election comes just weeks after Mrs Merkel’s Bavarian sister party, the CSU, suffered huge losses in a state parliament vote.

該選舉發(fā)生幾周前，默克爾夫人的巴伐利亞姐妹黨CSU在州議會投票中遭受巨大損失。

Parties like the left-leaning Greens and the far-right, anti-immigration AfD have grown in national support following the 2017 general election, as backing for the major centre parties has waned.

在2017年大選之后，左翼綠黨和極右翼反移民的AfD黨獲得了更多的民眾支持，而主要中心黨派的獲得的支持率下降。