迈克尔·尼纳伯报道：德国总理弗里德里希·默茨表示，他将努力寻求妥协，以稳定其内部矛盾重重的执政联盟。本周，他的保守党因是否帮助一名极右翼候选人获得州议会高级职位而再次受到 scrutiny。
Friedrich Merz said he would try to forge a compromise to steady his fractious coalition as his conservative party faced fresh scrutiny over whether it helped a far-right candidate into a top state parliamentary post this week.
默茨将在柏林主持由其领导的基督教民主联盟集团与社会民主党领导人的会议，以克服日益加剧的分歧，推动一系列旨在彻底改革德国养老金制度和长期护理体系、并实施所得税削减的改革措施。
Merz will host leaders from his Christian Democratic-led bloc and the Social Democrats in Berlin to overcome deepening divisions to push through a raft of reforms seeking to overhaul Germany’s pension system and long-term care and implement an income-tax cut.
“在这个执政联盟中，我们反复看到这种情况——找到一条我仍然能够支持的共同道路，是一项持续且极其艰巨的任务，”默茨周三在柏林的一场会议上表示。他说，他将在这次关键会议上寻求“妥协之路”。
“We see that time and again in this coalition — finding a common path that I can still support is a constant and extremely demanding task,” Merz told a conference in Berlin on Wednesday. He said he would seek “the path of compromise” at the crucial meeting.
随着其政府未能赢得公众支持，以及上个月一系列州选举中极右翼政党取得惊人进展，这位德国领导人的支持率已急剧下滑。默茨正试图通过一系列旨在巩固社会福利国家、带领国家摆脱多年经济停滞的改革，来维系其执政联盟并赢得民众信任。
The German leader’s support has cratered as his government fails to gain traction with the public and a series of state elections last month showed stunning gains for the far right. Merz is trying to hold his coalition together and gain trust through a series of reforms designed to shore up the social welfare state and lift the country out of years of economic stagnation.
周二，极右翼政党“德国选择党”在东部州萨克森-安哈尔特州以少数非本党选票获得议会议长职位多数支持后，执政党之间的紧张关系进一步加剧。社会民主党表示，默茨的政党需要解释这一议会操作，因为有迹象表明，基民盟议员曾支持“德国选择党”的议会发言人。
Tension between the governing parties was compounded after the far-right Alternative for Germany secured a majority for a parliamentary speaker post in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Tuesday with a handful of votes from outside its fold. The Social Democrats have said Merz’s party needs to explain the parliamentary maneuvering amid indications that CDU lawmakers supported the AfD parliamentary speaker.
默茨断言，秘密投票使得无法知晓叛逃者究竟是谁——而且对极右翼的支持“与基民盟的价值观不相容”。
Merz asserted that the secret ballot made it impossible to know who the defectors were — and that support for the far right is “incompatible with the values of the CDU.”
默茨在演讲中表示：“任何投票支持极右翼政党议员担任州议会主席的人，都必须对此与自己的良知做出调和。任何将选票投给德国选择党的人，都是在助长极端分子的把戏，并摧毁公信力。”
“Anyone who votes for a lawmaker from a far-right party to become president of the state parliament has to reconcile that with their own conscience,” Merz said in the speech. “Anyone who gives their vote to the AfD is playing the extremists’ games and destroying credibility.”