萨拉热窝，10月4日电——波斯尼亚民众星期日参加投票，此次选举可能影响该国加入欧盟的努力，以及美国和俄罗斯试图对这个小型巴尔干国家施加的影响力。
SARAJEVO, Oct 4 - Bosnians voted on Sunday in elections which could impact their European Union membership bid and the influence that the United States and Russia seek over the small Balkan nation.
选民同时投票选举国家三方主席团和全国议会，以及该国两个联邦实体的地方立法机构。
Voters were casting ballots for the country's central tripartite presidency and national parliament, alongside regional legislative races in its two federal entities.
随着经济放缓、欧盟入盟谈判进展缓慢，以及一场持续的政治危机，选民的不满情绪日益加剧。在这场危机中，两个实体的民族主体政党屡次阻挠中央政府作出决定，而中央政府正是连接这两个实体的纽带。
Voter frustration has grown over an economic slowdown, the slow pace of EU entry talks and a lingering political crisis in which the ethnically based dominant parties from the two entities have repeatedly stalled decisions by the weak central government that links them.
波斯尼亚于2022年12月获得欧盟候选国地位，并于2024年获准启动入盟谈判，但由于国内政治领导人尚未落实加强司法监督、通过反腐败法律等核心要求，实质性谈判尚未开始。
Bosnia secured EU candidate status in December 2022 and the green light to open accession negotiations in 2024, but actual talks have not started because domestic political leaders have yet to enact core requirements such as bolstering judicial oversight and passing anti-corruption laws.
中央选举委员会预计将在星期日晚7时（格林尼治时间1700时）投票站关闭后公布初步结果。
Preliminary results are expected to be released by the Central Election Commission later on Sunday after polls close at 7 p.m. (1700 GMT).
加入欧盟目标 波斯尼亚是前南斯拉夫民族成分最为复杂的共和国，自血腥的1992年至1995年战争爆发以来，该国一直难以实现复苏。
EU MEMBERSHIP GOAL Bosnia, the former Yugoslavia's most ethnically mixed republic, has struggled to recover since its bloody 1992-95 war.
冲突以1995年在美国斡旋下达成的《代顿和平协定》结束。该协定按民族界线将这个国家分为塞族占主导地位的塞族共和国和波斯尼亚克—克罗地亚联邦，两者由中央政府连接。
The conflict ended with the 1995 US-brokered Dayton peace accord, which divided the country along ethnic lines into the Serb-dominated Republika Srpska and the Bosniak-Croat Federation — linked by the central government.
选民表示，他们希望摆脱煽动族群对立的言辞，但政治局势似乎仍陷于僵局。在这个拥有340万人口的国家，候选人很少走出各自的核心地理票仓范围开展竞选。
Voters say they want to move beyond the divisive rhetoric, but the politics appears stuck. Candidates rarely campaign beyond their core geographical base in the country of 3.4 million people.
此次选举将多个民族政党——波斯尼亚克族的民主行动党、塞族的统一民主联盟和克罗地亚族的波黑民主联盟——与由社会民主党领导的多民族反对派联盟置于 competing 对立之中。
The vote pits rival ethnic parties — the Bosniak SDA, Serb SNSD and Croat HDZ BiH — against multi-ethnic opposition coalitions led by the Social Democratic Party.
据政治追踪平台Poliwave的数据，民主行动党以21.4%的得票率在全国范围内略微领先，社会民主党以16.7%紧随其后。
According to tracking platform Poliwave, the SDA holds a narrow national lead with 21.4%, followed by the SDP on 16.7%.
如果基于族群的政党占据上风，并继续在中央政府内相互争斗，而中央政府最终将成为正式加入欧盟的主体，那么加入欧盟的进程很可能会进一步停滞。
If ethnically based parties prevail and continue their bickering within the central government, which would be the body that would eventually officially join the EU, progress on accession is likely to further stall.
美国和俄罗斯的影响 与此同时，在塞族共和国，由主张与塞尔维亚和俄罗斯密切关系的分离主义领导人米洛拉德·多迪克领导的民主民族运动党（SNSD）以34.2%的得票率领先。
US AND RUSSIAN INFLUENCE Meanwhile, in Republika Srpska, SNSD, the party run by secessionist leader Milorad Dodik, who wants close ties with Serbia and Russia, is ahead with 34.2%.
大国长期以来一直试图影响波斯尼亚。欧盟寻求扩大其在巴尔干地区的成员范围，其中包括波斯尼亚，但俄罗斯通过持续支持塞族共和国来拖慢这一进程。
Major powers have long sought influence over Bosnia. The EU is seeking to expand its membership across the Balkans, including Bosnia, but Russia is slowing it down, maintaining its support of the Republika Srpska.
美国也一直在寻求扩大影响力，并推动一个价值15亿美元的管道项目，以进口美国液化天然气。该项目将由一家与特朗普政府有关联的公司运营。欧盟警告称，该公司的遴选过程缺乏规定的竞争透明度。
The US has also sought to gain influence and wants to push for a $1.5 billion pipeline project to import US liquefied natural gas, run by a company with links to the Trump administration. The EU warned that the company selection lacked the required competitive transparency.
华盛顿与布鲁塞尔还就国际高级代表的角色发生冲突。根据《代顿和平协定》的规定，高级代表负责执行法律。德国前政府部长克里斯蒂安·施密特在美国施压下于5月辞职。
Washington has also clashed with Brussels over the role of the international High Representative, who, under provisions of the Dayton accord, enforces the laws. Christian Schmidt, a former German government minister, resigned in May under pressure from the US.