意大利国会给新政府开绿灯

意大利国会给新政府开绿灯 　　

ROME, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Italy's new coalition¹ government on Tuesday got the green light from parliament, winning the second of two confidence votes that gave full powers to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his team to start working on promised reforms.

　　"Italy has this only chance," the 39-year-old leader of the largest party in parliament, the center-left Democratic Party (PD), repeated as he sought confidence of the Senate and lower chamber² in a two-day marathon.

　　The urgency of necessary reforms, he said, had left no space for further loss of time.

　　Less than three months have passed since Renzi was elected as the PD secretary and started blaming his predecessor³ Enrico Letta, who used to be the party deputy head, for his slowness in addressing persisting economic crisis.

　　Days ago, Renzi called a meeting of PD leadership to oust⁴ Letta and replace him at the helm of Italy, supported by his same left-right coalition.

　　The PD formed the ruling alliance with the New Center Right (NCD) led by Interior Minister Angelino Alfano, a former ally of three-time premier⁵ Silvio Berlusconi, whose center-right Forza Italia (FI) was in the opposition⁶ along with the anti-establishment Five-Star Movement (M5S).

　　Renzi, who defined himself as the "demolition⁷ man" of senescent politicians, presented in his first speech in parliament on Monday a program of structural⁸ reforms that he has pledged to introduce "immediately" and that analysts⁹ have defined as "hugely ambitious."

　　The commitment to reduce income and labor¹⁰ taxes by more than 10 billion euros (13.7 billion U.S. dollars) and pay all government debts to private companies were among the most crucial moves in a country where nearly 135,000 small businesses were reported to have gone bankrupt since 2008.

　　Among the promised institutional reforms, which were equally important in order to simplify heavy bureaucracy, there were reduction of the number of lawmakers, abolition¹¹ of the Senate's lawmaking power and introduction of a new electoral law to produce more stable governments.

　　Renzi said that his team will achieve the reform targets over the next four months, before Italy takes the European Union (EU)'s rotating presidency¹² for the second half of 2014.

　　"If we lose this challenge, it will be my fault entirely¹³, there will be no excuse," said the youngest-ever prime minister in Italy leading the youngest-ever government.

　　In his view, Italy must give a "fundamental contribution" to the EU because "without Italy there is no Europe."

　　Renzi's first foreign visit as Italian prime minister next week will be Tunis, in the heart of the Mediterranean¹⁴ sea that Italy hopes "will once again be central," he said on Tuesday.

1 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

2 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

3 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。

4 oust   

vt.剥夺，取代，驱逐

参考例句：

• The committee wanted to oust him from the union.委员会想把他从工会中驱逐出去。
• The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.这些领导人被民族主义者赶下了台。

5 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

6 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。

7 demolition   

n.破坏,毁坏,毁坏之遗迹

参考例句：

• The church has been threatened with demolition for years. 这座教堂多年来一直面临拆毀的威胁。
• The project required the total demolition of the old bridge. 该项目要求将老桥完全拆毁。

8 structural   

adj.构造的，组织的，建筑（用）的

参考例句：

• The storm caused no structural damage.风暴没有造成建筑结构方面的破坏。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities.北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

9 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

10 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

11 abolition   

n.废除，取消

参考例句：

• They declared for the abolition of slavery.他们声明赞成废除奴隶制度。
• The abolition of the monarchy was part of their price.废除君主制是他们的其中一部分条件。

12 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

13 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

14 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。