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.
对于像德国这样渴望稳定的国家来说，稳居德国总理之位16年的安格拉•默克尔(Angela Merkel)卸任始终是令人不安的事情。但几乎没有人预料到上周日的德国联邦议院选举会产生如此不确定的结果。如今的中右翼和中左翼政党都难寻昔日的辉煌，将需要结成自上世纪50年代以来的首个三党联合政府，与另外两个党分享权力。谈判可能持续数月，其间德国将缺乏真正的领导者，欧盟的政策制定也将受影响。
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