In politics, only physical death counts, otherwise resurrection is always possible, Alain Juppé, the Gaullist politician, observed last week. He was speaking of France’s main opposition UMP party, which he described as “moribund, not dead after a bitterly disputed leadership contest that threatens to split the centre-right group he once led.
戴高乐主义政治家阿兰·朱佩(Alain Juppé)上周说:“在政界,除非肉体死亡,否则总有可能卷土重来。他指的是法国主要反对党人民运动联盟(UMP)。在经历了一场激烈的领导权争夺以后,他称之为“濒死但未亡。这场争夺险些导致这个他曾领导的政党分崩离析。
But he could as easily have been referring to the career of his mentor Jacques Chirac, the former president who ranks among the great survivors of French politics. It was Chirac who founded the UMP in 2002, in an attempt to end decades of fratricidal divisions in the French centre-right – which he himself had proved expert in exploiting during his rise to the presidency. Anyone seeking to understand the current mess could turn to this new English translation of Chirac’s memoirs as a primer.
但他也可能指的是他的政治生涯导师、法国前总统雅克·希拉克(Jacques Chirac)。在法国政坛现存伟大的政治家中,希拉克位列其中。在2002年建立UMP的正是希拉克,此举试图结束法国中右翼长达数十年自相残杀式的分裂,而希拉克自身的经历证明,他擅长利用这些争斗一步步问鼎总统宝座。任何想要搞清楚当前混乱状况的人,都可以把希拉克的最新英译版回忆录当作入门读物。
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