维也纳，10月4日——奥地利副总理安德烈亚斯·巴勒（Andreas Babler）周日表示，由于党内对其民调支持率下滑的不满情绪日益加剧，他将于明年辞去政府第二号人物及执政党社会民主党党首的职务。
VIENNA, Oct 4 - Austrian Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler said on Sunday he would quit as the second-highest government official and as leader of the ruling Social Democratic Party next year, bowing to growing unrest within the party over its slide in opinion polls.
社会民主党是去年成立的三方联合政府中的第二大党，该政府由保守派总理克里斯蒂安·斯托克（Christian Stocker）领导。此前，极右翼自由党（FPO）在议会选举中首次赢得最多席位，但未能组建执政联盟。
The Social Democrats are the second party in a three-way government led by conservative Chancellor Christian Stocker that was formed last year after the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) won the most seats in a parliamentary election for the first time but was unable to forge a ruling coalition.
虽然三方联合政府的成立将自由党排除在权力之外，但自由党在此后的民调中仅增未减。其支持率目前约为38%，高于社会民主党与斯托克领导的人民党支持率之和。
While the three-party government's formation shut the FPO out of power, the FPO has only gained ground in opinion polls since then. Its support is now running around 38%, more than the Social Democrats and Stocker's People's Party combined.
随着社会民主党的支持率持续下滑，关于巴勒可能离任的猜测不断升温。最近的民调显示其支持率为15%，较2024年9月上次议会选举以来下降了约6个百分点。
Speculation about Babler's potential departure grew as the Social Democrats' support kept sliding. Recent opinion polls put it on 15%, a fall of about 6 points since the last parliamentary election in September 2024.
巴勒在党内高层会议后举行的新闻发布会上表示：“关于谁应该担任领导人的公开辩论对政党没有好处。公开争执对政党没有好处。”他补充说，关于他是否应该辞职的争论是一种干扰。他说：“我确信这一切必须结束。”
"Public debates over who the leader should be are not good for political parties. Public disputes are not good for political parties," Babler told a press conference after a day of meetings among senior party figures, adding that the debate over whether he should quit was a distraction. "I am convinced this must end," he said.
巴勒表示，正在接受癌症治疗的财政部长马库斯·马特鲍尔（Markus Marterbauer）将于明年早些时候接替巴勒担任副总理，巴勒也将同时辞去党首职务，但他无法说明具体是哪一周发生变动。
Finance Minister Markus Marterbauer, who is undergoing treatment for cancer, will replace Babler as vice chancellor early next year and Babler will step down as party leader at the same time, Babler said, adding that he could not say which week the change would happen in.