歐洲議會議長舒爾茨或參選德國總理
Martin Schulz, president of the European Parliament, is set to stand down and run for office in Germany in a move that will shake up the political world in Brussels and Berlin.
歐洲議會(European Parliament)議長馬丁.舒爾茨(Martin Schulz)將卸任議長一職並參加德國競選，此舉將震動歐盟(EU)和德國的政治圈。
The long-serving parliament boss will stand as an MP for the Social Democrats in North Rhine-Westphalia, opening the door for a potential run at the German chancellorship in elections next year.
這位曾長期服務的歐洲議會議長將以北萊茵-威斯特法倫州社民黨(SPD)議員的身份參選，這爲在明年大選中競選總理創造了可能。
The SPD said on Thursday that Mr Schulz’s move would not change the party’s plan to choose its candidate for chancellor at an executive committee meeting at the end of January.
週四，德國社民黨表示，舒爾茨的舉動不會改變該黨在明年1月底的執行委員會會議上挑選總理候選人的計劃。
Mr Schulz has also been widely seen as a possible successor to foreign minister,
舒爾茨還被廣泛視爲德國外長弗蘭克-沃爾特.施泰因邁爾(Frank-Walter Steinmeier)的可能繼任者。
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, his SPD colleague, who has been nominated by Angela Merkel’s ruling coalition as the next federal president.
施泰因邁爾是舒爾茨在社民黨的同僚，他已被安格拉.默克爾(Angela Merkel)所在的執政聯盟提名爲下一任德國聯邦的總統。
Under German political practice, the ministerial post will remain with the SPD, as the party to which it was assigned when the coalition was formed in 2013.
按照德國的政治習慣，外長一職將留在社民黨，這一職位在2013年德國組建聯合政府時被分配給了該黨。
Ms Merkel is understood to value Mr Schulz’s deep commitment to the EU, despite the difference in personalities between the ebullient Mr Schulz and the cautious Ms Merkel and the party tensions between her CDU/CSU bloc and the SPD.
雖然熱情洋溢的舒爾茨和謹慎的默克爾個性完全不同，默克爾所在的聯盟黨(CDU/CSU,基民盟與基社盟)集團和社民黨之間的關係也處於緊張狀態，但是默克爾被認爲非常看重舒爾茨對歐盟的盡職盡責。
His decision to stand down sets the scene for a bout of political wrangling both in the EU institutions and Berlin,
舒爾茨卸任議長一職的決定，不論在歐盟機構還是在柏林都會引發一輪政治上的爭論。
Where the German politician will be among the top contenders to lead the centre left SPD, which is currently in coalition with Ms Merkel’s CDU.
在柏林，這位德國政治家將成爲中左翼社民黨領導人最有力的競爭者，該黨目前正與默克爾的基民盟聯合執政。
Mr Schulz’s move will also heap pressure on the current leader of SPD,
舒爾茨此舉還會爲社民黨現任主席主席西格馬爾.加布里爾(Sigmar Gabriel)帶來巨大壓力。
Sigmar Gabriel, who is expected to run as the party’s candidate for chancellor in 2017.
後者預計會在2017年以社民黨總理候選人的身份參加競選。
The SPD has been wracked for months by arguments over who should run as the candidate for chancellor against Ms Merkel who announced this week she would run for a fourth term.
數月以來，圍繞誰應該作爲總理候選人與默克爾競選的爭論，令社民黨處於分崩離析之中。而就在本週，默克爾宣佈會競選總理的第四任期。
The party has said it will announce its candidate in January.
該黨已經表示會在明年1月份宣佈其候選人。
