帕特里克·多诺霍（Patrick Donahue）和卡米尔·科瓦尔切（Kamil Kowalcze）报道 德国议员支持从下周起实施一项价值25亿欧元（合28亿美元）的临时燃油税减免政策，这是总理弗里德里希·默茨（Friedrich Merz）的执政联盟为减轻飙升的物价给消费者带来的负担而采取的举措。
By Patrick Donahue and Kamil Kowalcze German lawmakers backed a temporary fuel-tax cut worth €2.5 billion ($2.8 billion) starting next week as Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition seeks to ease the burden of surging prices on consumers.
这项为期三个月、针对汽油和柴油每升最高减免17欧分（合0.19美元）的法案已在下议院联邦议院获得通过，并将于周五晚些时候直接送交上议院联邦参议院进行最终批准，以便于10月1日正式生效。
The measure, a three-month reduction of as much as 17 euro cents ($0.19) a liter for gasoline and diesel, passed the Bundestag lower house and will go straight to the upper house of parliament, or Bundesrat, for final approval later on Friday so it can take effect Oct. 1.
默茨领导的保守派基督教民主联盟本月在多场州选举中遭遇三次惨重失利，选民将矛头对准了政治建制派，极右翼政党“德国选择党”则赢得了更多支持。
Merz’s conservative Christian Democrats suffered three bruising defeats in state elections this month, with voters taking aim at the political establishment and the far-right Alternative for Germany gaining support.
德国东北部梅克伦堡-前波美拉尼亚州州长、社民党人马努埃拉·施韦西格（Manuela Schwesig）表示，创纪录的燃油价格问题是选民关心的核心。在该州的选举中，她所在的社民党得票率输给德国选择党位居第二，不过该党仍有可能重新组建执政联盟。
Manuela Schwesig, the Social Democrat premier of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in northeastern Germany, said the issue of record fuel prices was central to voter concerns. Her SPD came second to the AfD in the state vote there, though will likely be able to revive a governing coalition.
施韦西格周五对联邦参议院代表表示：“在过去的几周里，唯一的议题就是人们在说：施韦西格女士，面对加油站每升2.50欧元的油价，我们实在承受不起了。”她还表示：“人们在选举中向我们表明了这一点”，并补充说，正在推进的燃油补贴不足以安抚消费者。
“In recent weeks, the only topic was people saying: Frau Schwesig, we can’t cope anymore with €2.50 at the pump,” Schwesig told Bundesrat delegates Friday. “And the people showed us that in the election,” she said, adding that the fuel rebate being pushed through won’t be enough to assuage consumers.
默茨领导的基民盟未能达到进入地方议会的5%门槛，这是该保守派政党自1949年联邦共和国成立以来的首次。
Merz’s CDU failed to meet the 5% threshold to enter the regional assembly, a first for the conservative party since the foundation of the federal republic in 1949.
总理及其执政联盟因在7月份允许一项价值16亿欧元的先前燃油税减免政策到期而饱受诟病。上周，默茨称新的补贴“在预算紧张的时期并非小事”，但表示此举对消费者来说是必要的。
The chancellor and his coalition were taken to task particularly for allowing a previous fuel-tax cut worth €1.6 billion to lapse in July. Last week Merz called the new rebate “no small matter at a time of tight budgets,” but said the move was necessary for consumers.
政府估计，燃油税减免还将导致约2.93亿欧元的销售税收入减少，但预计这可以通过消费者将省下的钱用于购买其他商品来抵消。
The government estimates that the fuel-tax cut will also trigger a reduction in sales-tax revenue of around €293 million, but expects that to be offset as consumers spend the money they’ve saved on other goods.
根据德国汽车协会ADAC的数据，过去一周德国的燃油价格略有下降：Super E10汽油的价格下降了3.3欧分，现价为每升2.267欧元；柴油的价格基本保持不变，仍为每升2.248欧元。
Fuel prices in Germany eased slightly in the past week, with Super E10 gasoline slipping 3.3 cents to €2.267 a liter. Diesel was little changed at €2.248, according to automobile association ADAC.
联合政府还同意从1月1日起实施临时性的燃油价格上限措施，但具体细节尚未确定。其中一个方案是设定一个与石油市场价格挂钩的最高零售价格，这一做法借鉴了比利时和卢森堡的成熟经验。
The coalition also agreed to a temporary cap on pump prices to take effect by Jan. 1, though details have yet to be spelled out. One option is to set a maximum retail price tied to oil-market movements, drawing on systems used in Belgium and Luxembourg.
默克尔领导的保守派势力阻止了社会民主党提出的对石油公司征收“暴利税”的提案；不过，社会民主党联合领导人、财政部长拉尔斯·克林贝伊尔表示，他仍会在欧盟层面继续推动这一提案的落实。
Merz’s conservatives blocked a proposal from the Social Democrats to levy a windfall tax on oil companies, though Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil, the SPD co-leader, said he would continue to pursue that option at the European Union level.
克林贝伊尔上周表示，他的部门将动用今年尚未使用的预算资金来弥补所需的资金缺口，并通过“多种融资手段”来弥补剩余的资金缺口。
Klingbeil’s ministry will draw on unspent budget funds this year and cover the balance through a “mix of financing measures,” he said last week.