The SPD candidate for chancellor Olaf Scholz has already said his party has a clear mandate to rule.

社民党总理候选人奥拉夫·肖尔茨已表示，社民党已有了很明确的权。

Quite possibly, the pace will be forced by the SPD's departure from the coalition.

社民党退出联盟府很有可能将迫使其加快步伐。

The incumbent Social Democrats (SPD) took just 16% and the Greens 12%.

现任的社会民主党(SPD)只获得了16%的选票，绿党获得了12%的选票。

But this is certain. Many citizens have put their crosses next to the SPD because they want that to be a change in government and also because they want the next chancellor to be called Olaf Scholz.

可以肯定的是，许多公民都把希望社民党获胜，因为他们希望这能改变府，也因为他们希望下一任总理是奥拉夫·肖尔茨。

“It won’t be a boring campaign, ” Mr Steinbruck promised wryly on October 1st, after the leaders of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) nominated him.

10月1在被社民党（SPD）领导人提名为候选人后，施泰因布吕克带点自嘲地地保证“不会让选战太无聊”。

It could now eke out a tiny majority if it combined with the other two left-leaning parties: the SPD and the Greens.

社民党和绿党联合的话，就能以微小的优势成为多数党。

What might help? SPD insiders hop that Mr Scholz's steady-as-she-goes demeanour will win over nervous doubter when the next election begins to loom.

什么可能有帮助？社民党内部人士希望，下一次选举临近时，朔尔茨先生稳健的举止将赢得紧张的、怀疑态度的选民的支。

It is far from being a broad-based Volkspartei like the CDU and SPD, but it is happy in its expanding niche.

它与验老道的基民盟以及社民党相比尚有很大差距，然而他们在自己扩张的领域中自得其乐。

I mean, for example, the SPD and that part of the Greens did want to increase taxes on higher earners.

我的意思是，比如说社民党和绿党的部分人确实想对高收入者增税。

Provisional results in Brandenburg indicate the SPD has claimed a narrow victory by less than 2 percent of the votes.

勃兰登堡的临时选举结果显示，社民党以不到2%的选票差距险胜。

Olaf Scholz, the SPD chancellor, responded by announcing big changes in energy and security policy.

作为回应，社会民主党总理奥拉夫·朔尔茨宣布大力变革能源和安全策。

It is a narrow victory, one which the SPD will savor and provide some respite for Olaf Scholz given the fact that there were increasing calls for him to step aside ahead of federal elections next year.

这是一场险胜，社民党会很享受这场胜利，并为奥拉夫·朔尔茨提供了一些喘息之机，因为在明年联邦选举之前，要求他下台的呼声越来越高。

But on issues that usually matter more, like jobs, economic policy and education, they rate the Greens below the CDU and even the SPD.

然而在更重要的问题——例如工作、策和教育上，他们认为绿党的能力不如基民盟，甚至是社民党。

Friedrich Merz, the probable next chancellor, has refused to work with the AfD so he will try to form a coalition with the SPD.

可能成为下一任总理的弗里德里希·默茨拒绝与德国选择党合作，因此他将试图与社会民主党结成联盟。

The election is still a year away and the SPD wanted to spare its candidate a prolonged grilling.

距离大选还有一年，社民党不想让其候选人因为太早暴露而在接下来这么长一段时间里受折磨。

In Thuringia (as in the rest of Germany) the CDU rules in coalition with the SPD.

图林根州（德国其他州也一样）由基民盟和社民党联合。

And yet the SPD is in a terrible bind.

但社民党处于可怕的窘境中。

And if the SPD had lost Brandenburg, which is a state which it has ruled since German reunification in 1990, I think it could have proved fatal for him.

如果社民党失去了自1990年德国统一以来一直统治的勃兰登堡，我认为这对他来说可能会是致命一击。

The relative decline of the traditional main parties, the CDU and SPD, in favour of smaller and younger ones, explains much of this party manoeuvring.

传统的重要党派（如CDU和SPD）的相对衰落，规模较小和年轻的党派逐渐获得支，这很大程度上解释了这个党运作。

A spate of recent assaults on politicians, including an SPD candidate in Saxony who was left hospitalised, has sparked a national round of hand-wringing.

最近发生的一系列针对客的袭击事件，包括萨克森州一名社民党候选人住院治疗，引发了全国范围内的恐慌。