German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is facing mounting unrest within his party ahead of two regional elections on Sunday, with some insiders warning that more poor results could hasten his departure from office.
在本周日将要举行两场地方选举之际，德国总理弗里德里希•默茨(Friedrich Merz)面临党内日益升温的不满情绪。一些党内人士警告称，更多糟糕的选举结果可能会加速他离任。
Merz has decided to skip next week’s UN General Assembly in New York and hold an emergency party meeting on Sunday evening as he seeks to contain the fallout from expected losses for his Christian Democrats in Berlin and the north-eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
默茨已决定不出席下周在纽约举行的联合国大会(UN General Assembly)，并将于周日晚召开党内紧急会议。他所属的基民盟(CDU)预计将在柏林及德国东北部梅克伦堡-前波美拉尼亚州(Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)的选举中失利，他将试图遏制由此引发的冲击波。
Two weeks after the far-right Alternative for Germany won a shock victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, where the CDU recorded its worst-ever result, Merz is confronted with a growing belief within his party that he has to go in order to stop the bleeding.
两周前，极右翼的德国选择党(AfD)在德国东部的萨克森-安哈尔特州(Saxony-Anhalt)令人震惊地胜出，而基民盟的得票率为史上最低。如今默茨面临着党内日益高涨的呼声，认为必须让他下台才能止住颓势。