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BERLIN, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor¹ Angela Merkel met with Ukrainian opposition² leaders here on Monday, her spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a statement posted on the German government's website.

　　The chancellor held talks with Arseniy Yatsenyuk, leader of the Fatherland party, and boxer-turned-politician and head of the UDAR party Vitaly Klitschko on the current situation in Ukraine.

　　Both sides agreed that it is important to stop violence happening again amid the extremely tense situation in Ukraine. They also said civil rights must be protected and a democratic solution be found to the crisis in the country.

　　Merkel said the agreement on an amnesty for detained protesters is a positive step and it is time to push ahead with progress on forming a government and constitutional reform.

　　The chancellor pledged that Germany and the European Union would do anything to contribute to a positive outcome of the crisis.

　　In a bid to end a nearly three-month-old unrest, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Jan. 31 signed into law a bill that grants amnesty to all detained protesters.

　　Ukrainian Prosecutor³ General Viktor Pshonka said on Friday last week that the Ukrainian police have released all those arrested during recent anti-government protests.

　　To back the country's European integration⁴, massive protests have been taking place nationwide since November. The rallies turned violent on Jan. 19 when radical⁵ activists⁶ attacked riot police with fireworks and petrol bombs.

　　The unrest has so far left at least four people dead and hundreds of others, including police officers, injured.

1 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

2 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

3 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

4 integration   

n.一体化，联合，结合

参考例句：

• We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
• This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。

5 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

6 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》