德国总理默克尔宣布2021年卸任

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

在近期选举受挫之后，德国总理安吉拉·默克尔表示，她将在2021年卸任总理。

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

“在我任期结束后，我不会出任任何政治职位，”她在柏林的新闻发布会上说。

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.

她还表示，她不会在12月二次选举中，竞选中右翼基督教联盟党(CDU)的领导人地位。她自2000年以来一直担任该职位。

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

在星期天的黑森州选举中，CDU遭到严重挫败，这是一系列挫败中的最新打击。

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

CDU及其全国联盟党“社会民主党”在此前的选举中的支持率均下降了10个百分点。

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

该选举发生几周前，默克尔夫人的巴伐利亚姐妹党CSU在州议会投票中遭受巨大损失。

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年大选之后，左翼绿党和极右翼反移民的AfD党获得了更多的民众支持，而主要中心党派的获得的支持率下降。