法国极左总统候选人让-吕克·梅朗雄正在庆祝推动法国学校运动的Z世代抗议者。
French far-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon is celebrating Gen Z protesters driving a school movement shaking France.
巴黎 — — 法国极左总统候选人让-吕克·梅朗雄周日庆祝高中生们的抗议运动，该运动正在动摇法国，他在一次竞选集会上呼吁将投票年龄降至16岁，并终止大学的选择性录取。
PARIS — French far-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon on Sunday celebrated high school students whose protest movement has shaken France as he called at a campaign rally for lowering the voting age to 16 and an end to selective admission to universities.
这位激进的反资本主义者梅朗雄还把矛头指向美国总统唐纳德·特朗普、北约和全球金融体系，他在向数千名支持者发表的广泛演讲中旨在为明年四月和五月举行的两轮选举拉开竞选序幕。
The fiery anti-capitalist Mélenchon also took aim at U.S. President Donald Trump, NATO and the global financial system, in a sweeping speech to thousands of supporters meant to kick his campaign into high gear for next year’s two-round election in April and May.
同样是在周日，法国社会党及其盟友的选民在一次因网络攻击和主流左翼内部分裂而蒙受污点的初选中，选择了欧洲议会议员拉斐尔·格吕克斯曼作为他们的总统候选人。
Also Sunday, France’s Socialist and allied voters chose European Parliament lawmaker Raphaël Glucksmann as their presidential candidate in a primary election marred by a cyberattack and divisions within the mainstream left.
总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙正在完成他的第二个任期，且不能再次参选，因此明年的选举将成为法国和欧洲的转折点。法国是欧盟唯一的核大国，是第二大经济体，也是共同欧元货币区的基石。
President Emmanuel Macron is finishing his second term and cannot run again, so next year’s election will be a turning point for France and Europe. France is the EU’s only nuclear power, its second-biggest economy and a linchpin of the shared euro currency zone.
目前，民意调查显示，梅朗雄和中右翼候选人爱德华·菲利普落后于极右翼候选人玛丽娜·勒庞，但领先于其他一系列希望者。尚不清楚他们是否能够维持目前的支持水平。
At this stage, polls suggest that Mélenchon and center-right candidate Edouard Philippe are behind far-right candidate Marine Le Pen but ahead of a range of other hopefuls. It remains to be seen if they will maintain their current level of support.
全国性的高中抗议运动 — — 因校舍老化、教师短缺以及对弱势社区学校造成不平等的问题而兴起 — — 已激发了年轻选民的热情，他们可能成为选举结果的关键。该运动有时会演变为暴力，警方已逮捕超过6600人。数百人受伤，包括学生、教师和警察。
The nationwide high school protest movement— over deteriorating school buildings, teacher shortages, and inequalities hurting schools in disadvantaged neighborhoods — has energized young voters, who may prove key to the election outcome. The movement has at times turned violent, and police have made more than 6,600 arrests. Hundreds have been injured including students, teachers and police.
梅朗雄的批评者称他及其“不屈法国”党正在煽动抗议以谋取选举利益；梅朗雄则表示他的党并未组织该运动，并希望该运动保持和平。
Mélenchon’s critics say he and his France Unbowed party are fueling the fire for electoral gain; Mélenchon says his party isn’t organizing the movement and wants it to be peaceful.
该党在周日于克莱蒙费朗南部城市的集会上邀请了学生抗议者上台发言，梅朗雄表示他们的抗议运动展现了“高水平的政治和工会成熟度”。许多抗议者年龄未满18岁，而梅朗雄——今年75岁，正参加第四次总统竞选——通过提出将投票年龄降至16岁，向这一未来选民群体致意。
The party invited student protesters to the stage at Sunday’s rally in the southern city of Clermont-Ferrand, and Mélenchon said their protest movement shows ‘’a high level of political and union maturity.’' Many protesters are under 18, and Mélenchon — who is 75 and on his fourth presidential run — nodded to that future electorate by proposing to lower the voting age to 16.
他谴责了令学生抗议者感到沮丧的国家大学招生平台，称应取消选择性招生，知识不应被转化为“商品”。更多抗议活动计划于本周二及下周六举行。
He denounced the national university admissions platform that has frustrated student protesters, saying selective admissions should be scrapped and knowledge shouldn’t be turned into ‘’merchandise.’' More protests are planned Tuesday and next Saturday.
学校抗议迫使政府下令紧急招聘代课教师并调整学校时间表以应对不满。站在路障上的学生表示这还不够，但该运动已向年轻人展示了他们能够施加的力量，梅朗雄希望这能转化为青年在选举中的更高投票率。
The school protests have pushed the government to order urgent hires of substitute teachers and rearrange school schedules to address grievances. Students at the barricades say that’s not enough, but the movement has shown young people the power they can wield, and Mélenchon is hoping it translates into higher youth turnout at the ballot box.
“这场运动正‘标志着他们进入政治’，”本周在她位于东巴黎的学校举行的抗议活动中，高中图书管理员杜尼亚·乔治昂对美联社表示。她还称，强硬的警方反应可能对学生及其政治观念产生持久影响。
This movement is ‘’marking their entry into politics,’' high school librarian Dounia Georgeon told The Associated Press at a protest this week at her school in eastern Paris. The muscular police reaction is likely to have lasting impact on the students and their politics, she said.
周日，梅朗雄还向年长选民伸出橄榄枝，呼吁将退休年龄从62岁降至60岁。他同时重申了取消法国巨额债务的主张。
Mélenchon also reached out Sunday to older voters, calling for lowering the retirement age to 60 from 62. And he reiterated his push to cancel France’s staggering debt.
他因特朗普的关税政策称其为“对手”，并表示法国应主导更独立的外交政策。
He called Trump an ‘’adversary’’ because of his tariffs, and said France should lead a more independent foreign policy.
“我们不会让我们的子孙后代为北约策划的一些危险行动而牺牲，”他说。他的竞选纲领称北约成员国“违背法国的利益”，主张与俄罗斯加强对话，且未提及乌克兰。
‘’We’re not preparing our children and grandchildren to die for some hazardous operation concocted by NATO,’' he said. His campaign platform says NATO membership is ’’against France’s interests,’' calls for better dialogue with Russia, and does not mention Ukraine.
本周末，菲利普和中间派候选人加布里埃尔·阿塔尔——两人均是不受欢迎的马克龙任命的前总统——也举行了集会。
Also this weekend, Philippe and centrist candidate Gabriel Attal, both former prime ministers appointed by the unpopular Macron, held rallies.