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Now, austerity may also claim the scalp of another government in another eurozone nation this evening.
今晚，緊縮政策恐又拖垮歐元區國家裡另一個政府。

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The Netherlands will be heading to the polls, it seems, sooner than expected
看來荷蘭舉行大選的時間將比預期更早，

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because today the prime minister, Mark Rutte, and his cabinet resigned after losing the support of a vital coalition ally.
因為該國總理馬克‧呂特及其內閣在今天提出總辭，因為失去了執政聯盟當中一個關鍵盟友的支持。

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Over the course of the weekend, the far-right Party for Freedom refused to back spending cuts worth about $20 billion.
週末期間，極右派的自由黨拒絕支持刪減規模約兩百億美元的開支。

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These cuts are needed to trim the Netherlands' runaway budget deficit.
必須靠刪減這些預算，才能削減荷蘭飛漲的預算赤字。

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That budget deficit is expected to top 4.6 percent this year; that's way above the three percent ceiling for EU rules.
該國的預算赤字預計今年將會超過百分之四點六，遠超出歐盟規範的百分之三上限。

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Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has now asked lawmakers to continue to work in the interest of her kingdom.
荷蘭女王碧翠絲現已懇求國會議員繼續努力為她的王國爭取福祉。

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Well, elections for a new government could come as soon as June.
最快可能六月就會舉行新政府的選舉。

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Jaap Jensen is the political editor for the Dutch current affairs TV show, Pauw and Witteman, and he joins us now live from Amsterdam via Skype.
亞普‧顏森是荷蘭時事電視節目《包烏與韋特曼》的政治新聞編輯，他在阿姆斯特丹透過Skype與我們現場連線。

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Jaap, thanks [for] coming on the show. It's good to have your perspective here.
亞普，謝謝你來到我們節目上，我們很高興能夠聽聽你的觀點。

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First of all, what I will ask you, is austerity that unpopular in the Netherlands or is this just a case of political maneuvering?
首先，我要問你的是，緊縮政策在荷蘭真的有那麼不受歡迎嗎？還是這只是政治操作的結果？

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Well, the Netherlands is one of the countries that was very harsh to other countries to say you have to take austerity measures.
荷蘭是非常嚴厲主張他國採取緊縮措施的國家之一。

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But now, at this moment, we have to take them ourselves, and now we are reluctant.
但如今，現在我們自己卻必須採取緊縮措施，而且我們很不情願。

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And mainly the Freedom Party of Geert Wilders didn't want to cross that bridge at the end of the route.
主要是吉爾特‧威爾德斯帶領的自由黨到了最後關頭仍不願妥協。

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So, do people back Geert Wilders? What do you think?
那麼，民眾支持威爾德斯嗎？你認為呢？

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Well, he says, "I cannot do this for all those pensioners who have to bleed financially. I cannot take it for my responsibility."
他說：「我不能對那些領退休金的人做出這件事，他們會慘遭財務損失，我無法背負這個責任。」

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So, on Saturday, he said, "I don't take this anymore," 
所以，他在週六表示：「我不要再扛了。」

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and today, there was only one conclusion possible: for the prime minister to go to the queen and to resign.
於是，今天就只剩下一個可行的結論了：首相必須去見女王，並提出辭職。

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How serious is this? Because we have had this in past going on for several meetings, already. 
這件事情有多嚴重呢？我們已經在過去的幾場會議上見過這樣的狀況了。

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We knew that it was just gonna be very, very difficult for Mark Rutte to get these austerity plans through.
我們知道呂特會非常、非常難以促成緊縮計畫通過。

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Is it... is this a surprise for people across the Netherlands at all?
這……對於荷蘭全國上下的人民而言，這樣的發展意外嗎？

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So, people like you, are you worried that we're now gonna see Holland losing its coveted Triple-A credit rating?
例如你，你會不會擔心見到荷蘭喪失羨煞他人的三A評等？

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Yeah, that's a very big problem, and when we lose the Triple-A rating, the rent will get up,
是的，這的確是個很大的問題，我們一旦喪失三A評等，借貸成本就會提高，

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and then we have to face some 4 or 5 million... billion extra every year.
於是我們每年就必須面臨額外四、五百萬……四、五十億的支出。

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We have to cut in the future, so that's no solution.
我們未來還是必須刪節預算，所以這不是解決方法。

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And there is a problem also in Parliament,
國會也有個問題，

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because at this very moment, there is no majority to comply with the rules from Brussels to go to the three percent deficit next year already.
因為當下願意遵循布魯塞爾規範的比例還不到多數，也就是明年就要守住百分之三的赤字上限。

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Some other main parties say we can wait a few years.
其他有些主要政黨表示我們可以等個幾年。