双语时事：法国总统选举首轮投票奥朗德领先

2013-10-28 18:05:57来源：网络

　　法国总统选举首轮投票奥朗德领先

　　Hollande takes first place in French poll

　　François Hollande has taken the lead in the first round of France’s presidential elections, facing a run-off with Nicolas Sarkozy after a vote that produced a record showing for the far right National Front.

　　法国社会党总统候选人弗朗索瓦•奥朗德(François Hollande)在法国总统选举的首轮投票中得票率领先，他将与尼古拉•萨科齐(Nicolas Sarkozy)进入第二轮的最终对决。在首轮投票中，国民阵线(National Front)的得票率创下该党的历史纪录。

　　After a bitter campaign marked by opposing visions of how to steer France’s struggling economy through the eurozone crisis, the Socialist challenger won 27.5 per cent of the votes, according to an Ipsos exit poll that was among several broadly matching projections released at the close of voting yesterday evening.

　　益普索(Ipsos)出口民调显示，奥朗德首轮得票率达到27.5%。在首轮投票前，几名候选人就如何带领困境中的法国经济走出欧元区危机进行了针锋相对的激烈辩论。昨日晚间投票结束后发布的几个得票率预期结果，与益普索出口民调的结果基本一致。

　　Mr Sarkozy, who is seeking to avoid adding his name to the string of European incumbents swept aside since the start of the sovereign debt crisis, secured 26.6 per cent support.

　　萨科齐的得票率达到26.6%。欧洲主权债务危机爆发以来，已有一系列欧洲国家领导人被迫下台，萨科齐正努力避免成为他们中的一员。

　　But the shock of the night was a record near 20 per cent performance by the National Front’s Marine Le Pen, who outdid pollsters’ predictions.

　　但昨晚最令人吃惊的是国民阵线候选人马琳•勒庞(Marine Le Pen)的表现，她的得票率接近20%，超过了民调机构的预测数字，创下该党的历史纪录。

　　Mr Sarkozy’s failure to come top in the first round is a blow to his efforts to inject some momentum into a campaign weighed down by the lowest end-of-term ratings of any French president since the 1950s.

　　对萨科齐而言，首轮投票得票率屈居第二是个打击。他在任期末的民众支持率是自上世纪50年代以来的历任法国总统中最低的，面临这种不利局面，他在此次竞选过程中一直在努力造势。

　　“This is an election that will weigh on the future of Europe. That is why many people are watching us,” Mr Hollande, bidding to become France’s first Socialist leader in 17 years, said earlier in the day after casting his ballot in Tulle, his constituency in south central France.

　　奥朗德在自己所在的选区——法国中南部城市蒂勒(Tulle)——进行投票的前一天表示：“这是一场关乎欧洲前途的选举。正因如此，许多人正在看着我们。”奥朗德的目标是成为法国17年来首位来自社会党的总统。

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