The departure of Angela Merkel after 16 years of steadfast chancellorship was always going to be unsettling for a country such as Germany that craves stability. But few had expected the result of Sunday’s federal election to be so inconclusive. The centre-right and centre-left parties are now shadows of their former selves and will have to share power in the first three-way coalition since the 1950s. Negotiations could take months, depriving the country of proper leadership and thwarting policymaking in the EU.
對於像德國這樣渴望穩定的國家來說，穩居德國總理之位16年的安格拉•梅克爾(Angela Merkel)卸任始終是令人不安的事情。但幾乎沒有人預料到上週日的德國聯邦議院選舉會產生如此不確定的結果。如今的中右翼和中左翼政黨都難尋昔日的輝煌，將需要結成自上世紀50年代以來的首個三黨聯合政府，與另外兩個黨分享權力。談判可能持續數月，其間德國將缺乏真正的領導者，歐盟的政策制定也將受影響。
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