VOA慢速英語(yǔ)：德國(guó)反移民政黨來(lái)勢(shì)洶洶

德國(guó)反移民政黨來(lái)勢(shì)洶洶

In Germany, a political party opposed to immigration has won seats in three elections on Sunday.

13日德國(guó)反移民黨在3州選舉中選情看漲。

The Alternative for Deuthschland (AfD) party won spots in southwestern Germany, which is rich, and in Saxony-Anhalt, which is poor.

德國(guó)另類選擇黨(AfD)在德國(guó)西南部支持者眾多，在薩克森-安哈爾特州支持者較少。

The party was started three years ago. It has seats in half of Germany’s 16 state parliaments, according to German state TV.

該黨成立于3年前。據(jù)德國(guó)國(guó)家電視臺(tái)，該黨在德國(guó)16個(gè)州議會(huì)中占半數(shù)席位。

In Baden-Wuerttemberg, the AfD party won 15 percent of the vote. In the Rhineland area, the party received almost 13 percent. In Saxony, it won 24 percent of the vote.

在巴登符騰堡州，德國(guó)另類選擇黨囊括15%選票。在萊茵蘭地區(qū)，該黨的支持率為13%。在薩克森，該黨獲得24%的選票。

An official with the AfD party said, “People want an alternative; they want a real opposition, and we want to take on that task.”

德國(guó)另類選擇黨的一名官員說(shuō)：“人們想要另一種選擇，他們期望一個(gè)真正的反對(duì)派，我們要承擔(dān)這一任務(wù)。”

The loss is a setback for German Chancellor Angela Merkel. She favors an open immigration policy.

損失選票對(duì)德國(guó)總理默克爾來(lái)說(shuō)一個(gè)打擊。她主張開(kāi)放的移民政策。

Merkel is pressured to close Germany to migrants. Merkel is trying to reach an agreement between the European Union and Turkey to slow the flow of migrants.

默克爾被迫向難民關(guān)閉德國(guó)大門，她試圖在歐盟和土耳其之間達(dá)成協(xié)議，緩解難民潮。

I’m Anna Matteo.

我是安娜·馬泰奧。