关键评论：阿恩·德尔夫斯指出，极右翼政党“德国选择党”（AfD）得到了俄罗斯的支持，并加剧了对这个正在崛起的反对党的抨击。该政党上个月赢得了两次地区选举，在所有全国性民意调查中均处于领先地位。
By Arne Delfs Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the far-right Alternative for Germany is backed by Russia, stepping up his rhetoric against the ascendant opposition party that won two regional elections last month and leads in all major national polls. Merz, who didn’t cite specific evidence of Moscow’s alleged support, made the comment during a speech Thursday that portrayed Russia as a destabilizing force in Germany and a threat to democracy in Europe’s biggest economy.
德尔夫斯在周四的演讲中并未提供俄罗斯提供支持的具体证据，但他将俄罗斯描述为德国的不稳定因素，以及对欧洲最大经济体民主制度的威胁。他在明斯特市一个商业团体举办的活动中表示：“我们绝不能被分裂——无论是由俄罗斯控制的社交媒体机器人煽动的仇恨言论，还是‘德国选择党’及其俄罗斯支持者的口号所造成的分裂。”
“We will not let ourselves be divided — not by hybrid attacks, not by hate stirred up on social media by Moscow-controlled bots and not by the slogans of the AfD and their Russian backers,” Merz said at an event sponsored by a business group in the western city of Muenster. “The Russian government wants to unsettle us,” Merz said.
“俄罗斯政府企图扰乱我们的社会秩序，希望我们减少对乌克兰的支持，停止在国防领域的投资，并寻找任何机会来削弱我们的国家。”
“It wants us to slack off in our support for Ukraine. It wants us to stop investing in our deterrence. It’s looking for any chance to divide our society and weaken our country.”
“德国选择党”曾呼吁停止对乌克兰的军事援助并恢复从俄罗斯进口天然气。虽然该党的一些政治人物与亲俄势力有过接触，但目前尚无证据表明俄罗斯曾为该党提供资金或指导其政策。
Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has called for an end of German military support for Ukraine and a resumption of Russian gas imports. While some AfD politicians have had contacts with pro-Russian networks, there’s no proof that Russia has financed the party or steered its policies.
德尔夫斯政府将8月份发生在莱比锡机场的无人机袭击事件归咎于俄罗斯。该事件引发了外交报复：德国关闭了位于前西德首都波恩的俄罗斯领事馆以及柏林的俄罗斯文化中心；作为回应，俄罗斯也宣布关闭了德国歌德学院在俄罗斯的分支机构。
Merz’s government has blamed Russia for a failed drone attack in August at an airport in Leipzig, a hub for North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s military support for Ukraine. The incident set off a round of diplomatic retaliation with Germany closing the Russian consulate in Bonn, the capital of former West Germany during the Cold War, and a Russian cultural center in Berlin.
欧洲的北约成员国正面临压力，需要增加国防开支并扩充武装力量。这是因为美国总统唐纳德·特朗普敦促盟国采取更多措施来保护自身的领土安全。他还邀请俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京参加12月在迈阿密举行的二十国集团（G20）峰会。
Russia responded by announcing the closing of branches of Germany’s Goethe Institute cultural and language center. European NATO members are under pressure to boost defense spending and expand their armed forces as US President Donald Trump has pushed allies to do more to protect their territory. He also invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Group of 20 summit in Miami in December.
西方官员警告称，俄罗斯在该地区正在日益肆无忌惮地使用所谓的“混合战争”手段（包括暗杀、工业破坏等可否认其责任的攻击方式），试图削弱欧洲对乌克兰的支持。俄罗斯方面则否认自己实施了此类行动。
Western officials have warned of the Kremlin’s increasingly brazen campaign of so-called hybrid warfare in the region — assassinations, industrial sabotage and other deniable tactics — aimed at eroding European support for Ukraine. Russia denies it’s conducting such operations.
梅尔茨在颁奖仪式上发表了讲话，该奖项是授予北约的。1648年签署的《威斯特伐利亚和约》结束了欧洲长达三十年的战争，这些条约被视为建立尊重彼此领土主权的现代国家的里程碑。
Merz spoke in honor of this year’s International Peace of Westphalia Prize, which was awarded to NATO. The 1648 treaties, one of which was signed at Muenster, ended the Thirty Years’ War in Europe and are seen as a milestone toward building modern states that respect each other’s territorial sovereignty.