Third, they now dominate left-of-centre politics. 其三,这些人目前主导着中左政治。
Left-of-centre politics has played down the importance of closing the budget deficit, arguing against spending cuts on the basis that deficits do not matter. 中左派别淡化缩减预算赤字的重要性,以赤字无关紧要为由反对削减开支。
Many revisionist left-of-centre politicians not only have risked their careers to make the case for market forces, but have also had to jettison their deepest lifetime convictions. 为了证明市场的力量,许多左倾修正主义政客不仅冒着毁掉前程的危险,而且还不得不抛弃毕生最深的信念。
Even left-of-centre parties now assume that there is little public tolerance for a further increase in the share of tax in the national income. 就连中间偏左的党派现在也认同,公众不会容忍进一步提高税收在国民收入中的比例。
The change of government could herald a more confrontational phase in German politics as a stronger left-of-centre opposition links up with reinvigorated trade unions against the centre-right coalition. 德国政府组成的变化,可能预示着德国政坛更加对抗时代的来临,因为较为强硬的中左翼反对党将联合重振旗鼓的工会,反对中右翼联盟。