齊普拉斯再度當選希臘總理 Tsipras sweeps back to power in Greece as election gamble pays off

A triumphant Alexis Tsipras returned to power in Greece last night after his leftwing Syriza party claimed a clear general election victory.

得意洋洋的亞歷克西斯倠溟拉斯(Alexis Tsipras)昨晚再度當選希臘總理。他的激進左翼聯盟黨(Syriza)在大選中勝出。

With Syriza easily winning the biggest share of the vote, Mr Tsipras’s gamble paid off of calling a vote after pushing through the tough austerity programme forced on him in return for a new86bn bailout by Greece’s international creditors.

從激進左翼聯盟輕鬆領銜得票率這一點看，齊普拉斯贏得了提前舉行選舉的賭博。此前他推動通過了嚴厲的緊縮計劃，該計劃是希臘的國際債權人作爲860億歐元新紓困方案的交換條件強加於該國的。

Results indicated that Mr Tsipras would be able to reform the coalition he previously led after he first came to power in January with the nationalist Independent Greeks — although with a smaller majority.

選舉結果表明，齊普拉斯將能夠改組他此前領導的執政聯盟，儘管這意味着他將控制較少的多數席位。1月份他首次上臺時是與奉行民族主義的獨立希臘人黨(Independent Greeks)結盟。

A big cheer went up from Syriza supporters gathered in their campaign tent in central Athens as results came in, with party officials singing and hugging each other in obvious relief.

隨着點票結果陸續公佈，聚集在雅典市中心競選帳篷的激進左翼聯盟支持者高聲歡呼，該黨官員們唱歌並相互擁抱，明顯鬆了一口氣。

Mr Tsipras’s win secures his place as the pre-eminent figure in Europe’s far-left anti-austerity movement and is likely to galvanise sympathisers including Spain’s Podemos and Jeremy Corbyn, the new hard-left leader of Britain’s Labour party.

齊普拉斯的勝利確保了他作爲歐洲極左翼反緊縮運動傑出人物的地位，並且很可能激發同情者，包括西班牙的社會民主力量黨(Podemos)以及英國工黨新的極左領導人傑裏米科爾賓(Jeremy Corbyn)。

Some had feared defections by prominent leftwingers opposed to the bailout deal and public disaffection with Mr Tsipras’s U-turn on the programme — which he vowed to oppose before yielding to pressure from his eurozone partners — would deprive the party of victory.

此前有些人擔心，反對紓困協議的知名左翼人士的倒戈，加上公衆對齊普拉斯在紓困方案上大轉彎（他曾誓言反對，結果卻屈服於歐元區夥伴的壓力）的不滿情緒，將使該黨無法贏得選舉。

Evangelos Meimarakis, leader of the conservative New Democracy party, conceded defeat. “I congratulate Mr Tsipras,” he said.

奉行保守主義的新民主黨(New Democracy)的領導人伊萬傑洛斯蔠伊馬拉基斯(Evangelos Meimarakis)承認失敗。“我祝賀齊普拉斯先生，”他表示。

The result was a big disappointment for New Democracy, which polls had shown running neck and neck with Syriza ahead of the election. In the event, Syriza was set to win more than 35 per cent of the vote, with New Democracy trailing on 28 per cent.

對新民主黨來說，選舉結果非常令人失望，選前的民調顯示該黨與激進左翼聯盟不相上下。然而，70%的計票結果顯示，激進左翼聯盟得票率爲35.4%，而新民主黨得票率爲28.3%。