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伯纳姆赴欧洲,其欧盟计划重燃脱欧分歧Burnham Goes to Europe as His EU Plan Reignites Brexit Divisions

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安迪·伯纳姆 摄影师:尼尔·霍尔/欧洲新闻图片社/彭博社Andy Burnham Photographer: Neil Hall/EPA/Bloomberg

安迪·伯纳姆部长计划本周前往都柏林,出席欧洲政治共同体会议,此举重燃旧有分歧,因为他正推动重启脱欧辩论。

Minister Andy Burnham plans to travel to Dublin this week for a meeting of the European Political Community, as his push to reopen the Brexit debate revives old divisions.

周四的聚会将是伯纳姆担任首相以来首次与许多欧洲领导人会面,距离欧盟-英国峰会还有一周,届时双方预计将宣布在青年流动、农产品和排放交易方面达成的协议。

The gathering on Thursday will be Burnham’s first encounter with many European leaders as prime minister, a week before a European Union-UK summit at which the two sides are expected to announce deals on youth mobility, agrifood and emissions trading.

伯纳姆对《星期日镜报》表示:“与邻国保持良好关系是有好处的,我们与欧洲达成的务实协议将惠及全英国的家庭。这次峰会将展示我们合作能取得什么成果,但这不必成为我们雄心的终点。”

“It pays to have a good relationship with your neighbors, and the practical deals we are agreeing with Europe will pay off for families across the UK,” Burnham told the Sunday Mirror. “This summit will show what we can achieve when we work together, but it doesn’t need to be the end of our ambition.”

伯纳姆暗示,他将在峰会前后拟定新的英欧关系方案,其中可能包括重新加入欧盟。他对《星期日镜报》说:“更紧密地与欧洲合作能推动增长,让我们的国家更安全,并给我们更多工具来应对非法移民”,并称这是一场“值得进行的对话”。但据彭博社报道,政府内部对首相的脱欧战略感到不安,多名内阁大臣试图劝阻他支持重新入欧,并承诺在下一届议会举行留欧还是离欧的公投。

Burnham has suggested he’ll draw up options for a new UK-EU relationship around the summit, potentially including rejoining the bloc. “Working more closely with Europe could drive growth, make our country safer and give us more tools to tackle illegal migration,” he told the Sunday Mirror, describing it as a “conversation worth having.”But there’s unease in government about the premier’s Brexit strategy, Bloomberg has reported, with several cabinet ministers trying to dissuade him from backing rejoining and committing to an in-or-out referendum in the next parliament.

文化大臣丽莎·南迪周日似乎与重新加入欧盟划清界限。她对天空新闻台表示:“民众不想重新诉讼关于留或离、脱欧或留欧的无休止对话。他们不想重演那些年份。”南迪随后否认自己偏离了伯纳姆的立场,对BBC的劳拉·库恩斯伯格说:“我真的不认为你能在我和安迪·伯纳姆之间插一张纸。”她补充说,两人代表相邻选区,都理解2016年投票支持英国脱欧的人感到脱欧没有兑现承诺。

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy appeared to distance herself from rejoining the EU on Sunday. “People don’t want to relitigate endless conversations about in or out, leave or remain,” she told Sky News. “They don’t want to repeat those years.”Nandy subsequently denied that she was erring from Burnham’s position, telling the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg, “I really don’t think you can put a piece of paper between me and Andy Burnham.”She added that the two represent neighboring constituencies and understand that people who voted for Britain to leave the EU in 2016 feel Brexit hasn’t delivered.

早些时候,南迪在纪念日(Remembrance Sunday,标志着第一次世界大战结束)当天,宣扬英国重新加入欧盟“伊拉斯谟+”学生流动计划,称这是恰如其分的致敬。

Earlier, Nandy promoted the UK’s re-entry into the EU’s Erasmus+ student mobility program as fitting tribute on Remembrance Sunday, which marks the end of World War I.

她在一份声明中说:“当我们铭记那些为国效力者的巨大勇气时,我们通过与盟友的亲密合作,为下一代创造最好的机会,以此向他们致敬。”

“As we remember the immense courage of those who served our country, we honor them by building the best opportunities for the next generation through closeness and collaboration with our allies,” she said in a statement.

这番言论引发了与保守党主席凯文·霍林雷克的口角。“我们退伍军人的牺牲不是工党欧盟议程的道具,”他说。

The comment caused a spat with Conservative Party chairman Kevin Hollinrake. “Our veterans’ sacrifice is not a prop for Labour’s EU agenda,” he said.

保守党还抨击伯纳姆推动与欧盟建立更紧密关系,称下周的协议将“让英国纳税人损失数十亿英镑”。这些攻击标志着保守党基调的转变,即更强硬地反对更紧密欧盟关系的实质内容,而不再仅仅将新一轮磋商斥为干扰。

The Tories also attacked Burnham’s push for closer EU ties, saying that next week’s agreement will “leave British taxpayers billions of pounds worse off.”Those attacks mark a change in tone for the Conservatives toward more stridently opposing the substance of closer EU ties, rather than dismissing new talks as a distraction.

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