奧朗德宣布不謀求連任

François Hollande announced on Thursday night that he would not run for a second term in next year’s French presidential elections.

弗朗索瓦•奧朗德(François Hollande)周四晚宣布，他不會在明年的法國總統(tǒng)選舉中謀求連任。

The unprecedented decision was driven by his historically low popularity ratings, which left him little chance of success against centre-right candidate François Fillon and far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen.

做出這一史無前例的決定，原因出自奧朗德處于歷史性低點的民意支持率，這讓他在中右翼候選人弗朗索瓦•菲永(François Fillon)和極右翼國民陣線(National Front)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人馬琳•勒龐(Marine Le Pen)面前幾乎沒有勝算。

He would also first have had to face a hotly contested and potentially humiliating contest for selection as candidate of his ruling Socialist party.

而且，他首先還不得不面對激烈并可能自取其辱的競爭，才能成為其所在的執(zhí)政黨社會黨(Socialist)的候選人。

“Power and the exercise of power have not made me lose my lucidity,” Mr Hollande said in a sombre television address from the Elysée Palace. “I am conscious of the risks that my candidacy would create for the [Socialist] majority. Therefore I have decided not to run for president.”

在愛麗舍宮發(fā)表的陰郁電視講話中，奧朗德表示：“權(quán)力和對權(quán)力的行使并未讓我失去清醒的頭腦。我很清楚我擔(dān)任候選人會為(社會黨的)多數(shù)黨地位帶來的風(fēng)險。因此，我已決定不競選總統(tǒng)。”

His prime minister, Manuel Valls, is now expected to run instead in a bid to unite the fractured Socialist party — although he, too, will face stiff opposition from rivals such as Arnaud Montebourg, the leftist firebrand and former economy minister.

目前，他的總理曼努埃爾•瓦爾斯(Manuel Valls)預(yù)計會代他競選，試圖將四分五裂的社會黨團結(jié)起來——盡管他也將面臨阿爾諾•蒙特布爾(Arnaud Montebourg)等對手的激烈競爭。蒙特布爾曾任經(jīng)濟部長，是一個激進(jìn)的左翼人士。

Mr Hollande is the first French president since the second world war not to stand for re-election. His presidency was marked by a series of brutal Islamist terrorist attacks in Paris and elsewhere and a stubbornly weak economy.

奧朗德是二戰(zhàn)以來首位不競選連任的法國總統(tǒng)。在他的總統(tǒng)任上，法國在巴黎及其他地區(qū)遭遇了一系列血腥的伊斯蘭主義恐怖襲擊，還出現(xiàn)了頑固的經(jīng)濟疲軟。

An early round of tax rises after his election in 2012 to close the budget deficit and persistently high unemployment made him deeply unpopular. A midterm switch to pro-business reforms failed to win him back popular backing, despite a recent uptick in the economy.

2012年當(dāng)選后初期為消除預(yù)算赤字而啟動的一輪增稅措施、以及居高不下的失業(yè)率，令奧朗德人氣一落千丈。而中期向親商界改革的轉(zhuǎn)型，盡管令經(jīng)濟在近期有所起色，卻也未能為他賺回人氣。