The SPD will soon run out of pet projects.

SPD即将完成其偏好型项目。

But the SPD is not the only one running risks.

但是SPD（社民）不是唯一一个行进在危机中的派。

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

作为回应，社会民主总理奥拉夫·朔尔茨宣布大力变革能源和安全政策。

Second, they are part of the SPD's wish list and are driven mainly by its ministers.

第二，这些都是SPD愿望清单的一部分并且主要由其部长们发动。

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

社民总理候选奥拉夫·肖尔茨已表示，社民已有了很明确的执政权。

And yet the SPD is in a terrible bind.

但社民处于可怕的窘境中。

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）由基民盟和社民联合执政。

Thuringia's 4,300 SPD members are expected to say yes to the idea on November 4th.

图林根州中4300社民在11月4号对这个法表示支持。

Relations with the SPD, happy to be in power but shocked not to be in charge, may be tricky.

和社民的关系以及兴奋过后发现竟然不能掌权，这些都是棘手的问题。

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，比如说社民和绿的部分确实对高收入者增税。

Okay, so I want an SPD, and I want a Seattle agent in the room.

好了 我需要派一个 西雅图警察跟一个探员到这里。

The center-left Social Democratic Party, or SPD, is also part of the coalition.

中左翼社会民主 (SPD) 也是联盟的一部分。

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。

The SPD has paid dearly there, winning a meagre 12% of the vote in September.

社民在图林根州付出了高昂的代价，却仅仅在9月的选举中获得了微薄的12%的选票。

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，社民不让其候选因为太早暴露而在接下来这么长一段时间里受折磨。

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

社民退出联盟政府很有可能将迫使其加快步伐。

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、政策和教育上，他们认为绿的能力不如基民盟，甚至是社民。

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？社民内部士希望，下一次选举临近时，朔尔茨先生稳健的举止将赢得紧张的、持怀疑态度的选民的支持。

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政客的袭击事件，包括萨克森州一名社民候选住院治疗，引发了全国范围内的恐慌。

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

社民和绿联合的话，就能以微小的优势成为多数。