在劳工部长兼执政联盟小党联合主席突然宣布辞去两项职务后，德国脆弱的政府于周一陷入更深的混乱。
Germany’s fragile government was plunged deeper into turmoil on Monday after the labor minister and co-chair of the junior coalition partner abruptly resigned from both her posts.
社民党人贝贝尔·巴斯（Baerbel Bas）的辞职发生之际，总理弗里德里希·梅尔茨（Friedrich Merz）正在基民盟高层官员的一场领导层闭门会议第二天会议上，该会议旨在该党最近在选举中受挫后重新整顿。这一时机将一场旨在稳定保守派的努力变成了对执政联盟稳定性的又一次考验。身为社民党另一位联合主席的财政部长拉尔斯·克林贝伊尔（Lars Klingbeil）取消了原定的印度之行。
The resignation of Social Democrat Baerbel Bas came as Chancellor Friedrich Merz was meeting senior CDU officials on the second day of a leadership retreat intended to regroup after the party’s recent election setbacks. The timing turned an effort to steady the conservatives into another test of the coalition’s stability. Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil, the SPD’s other co-chair, canceled a planned trip to India.
在经历了9月份萨克森-安哈尔特州和梅克伦堡-前波美拉尼亚州的选举后，执政联盟本周在压力下拉开序幕，极右翼的德国选择党在选举中成为最强大党派。梅尔茨领导的基民盟在萨克森-安哈尔特州得票率骤跌至17.2%，并以4.9%的得票率未能进入梅克伦堡-前波美拉尼亚州议会，这是该党历史上的首次。
The coalition entered the week under pressure after September elections in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where the far-right Alternative for Germany emerged as the strongest party. Merz’s CDU slumped to 17.2% in Saxony-Anhalt, and it failed to enter the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania parliament with 4.9% — the first such exclusion in the party’s history.
巴斯处于跨越社会福利体系的政治争议改革的核心，她的部门经手了包括养老金和工作时间立法在内的关键法案。由于执政联盟希望在年底前通过更广泛的养老金改革，替换巴斯不仅仅是一次例行的人事变动。
Bas was at the center of politically contentious reforms spanning the social-welfare system, with her ministry handlng key pieces, including pension and working-time legislation. As the coalition wants to pass its broader pension overhaul by the end of the year, replacing Bas is more than a routine personnel change.
现年58岁的巴斯表示，在继女突然去世后，她需要时间悲痛。她还批评了包括基民盟/基社盟联盟成员在内的“公开攻击”，并称这些攻击在她艰难的悲痛期仍在继续。联盟党政治人物曾指责她的部门在7月1日由执政联盟领导人达成的养老金和工作时间措施推进得太慢。她将保留联邦议院的议席。
Bas, 58, said she needed time to grieve after the sudden death of her stepdaughter. She also criticized “public attacks,” including from members of the CDU/CSU bloc, that she said had continued during the difficult period. Union politicians had accused her ministry of moving too slowly on pension and working-time measures agreed by coalition leaders on July 1. She will retain her seat in the Bundestag.
据公共广播公司ARD报道，莱茵兰-普法尔茨州前州长亚历山大·施韦策（Alexander Schweitzer）将接管劳工部。这位53岁的官员曾在2024年至2026年领导该西部联邦州，目前担任社民党在地区议会的党团领袖。他还是联邦党副主席。
Former Rhineland-Palatinate Premier Alexander Schweitzer is set to take over the labor ministry, according to the public broadcaster ARD. The 53-year-old led the western state from 2024 to 2026 and now heads the SPD caucus in the regional parliament. He is also a deputy federal party chair.
据财政部官员援引“当前发展”称，兼任副总理的克林贝伊尔取消了亚洲之行中的印度行程。他是否将继续前往曼谷出席国际货币基金组织和世界银行年会目前尚不清楚。
Klingbeil, who is also vice chancellor, canceled the India leg of an Asia trip, according to finance ministry officials citing “current developments.”The status of his onward travel to Bangkok for the IMF and World Bank annual meetings remained unclear.
克林贝伊尔在Instagram上表示，巴斯的决定让他感到难过，但他对此表示理解。他补充说：“针对你的攻击，尤其是当你处于悲痛之中的日子里，深深地触动了我。这些攻击是不体面且伤人的。人们不应当这样对待彼此。”任命施韦策或许能迅速解决当务之急的人事问题。然而，要在因选举失利、内部指责以及关于改革社会成本的争端而动摇的执政联盟中重新确立控制权，则要困难得多。
Klingbeil said on Instagram that Bas’s decision saddened him, though he understood it. “The attacks against you, especially during the days of your grief, affected me deeply,” he added. “They were indecent and hurtful. That is not how people should treat one another.”Installing Schweitzer may quickly settle the immediate personnel question. Reasserting control over a coalition shaken by election defeats, internal recriminations and disputes over the social cost of reform will be much harder.