法国巴黎：巴黎再次燃起战火。但据官员和分析人士称，这一次情况不同。此处的动荡可能对法国……乃至世界产生持久影响。
PARIS, France: Paris is burning. Yet again. But this time, according to officials and analysts, it’s different. And unrest here could have a lasting impact on France… perhaps the world.
我报道法国抗议活动已有数十年。我在巴黎生活了九年。我知道法国人非常擅长将政治诉求带上街头。最近的动荡令许多人担忧。
I have been covering protests in France for decades. I lived in Paris for nine years. I know that the French are very skilled at taking politics to the street. The recent upheaval has many worried.
从我在这里接触的所有人那里得知，骚乱更加暴力、破坏性更强、程度更深。国内冲突似乎已失控。
From all the people I hear from on the ground here, the rioting has been more violent, more destructive, more profound. Domestic strife seemingly out of control.
当我走到共和国广场附近一家小酒馆的吧台前，服务员问我是不是美国记者。我对两个问题都回答“是”后，他断言道：“所以你是来报道内战的。” 数字说明一切。上周末抗议者与警察冲突期间，约2500人被捕。约1000名警察受伤。活动人士方面也有许多人员受伤，其中一些人伤势严重。约3000家企业受到冲击、被毁、被洗劫。损失估计超过10亿美元。
When I approached the bar at a brasserie near Place de la Republique, the server asked if I was an American and a journalist. After replying yes to both he concluded, "So you’ve come to cover the civil war." The numbers tell the tale. Some 2,500 arrests during the last weekend of clashes between protesters and police. Around 1,000 officers injured. Many hurt, some seriously, on the activists’ side. And about 3000 businesses impacted, trashed, looted. Damage estimated over one billion dollars.
最引人注目的是对官方建筑的攻击。利摩日一座历史悠久的市政厅。犯罪率高企的马赛一处警察总部。里昂一处重要的旅游办公室。这些都是法国政府遭受围攻的象征。
What was most striking were the attacks on official buildings. An historic city hall in Limoge. A police headquarters in crime-ridden Marseille. An important tourist office in Lyon. Symbols of a French government under siege.
原本主要是和平的抗议活动——声援近期的学生诉求，以及工薪阶层和中产阶级的经济忧虑——被意图制造无政府状态的人和寻求廉价刺激的机会主义年轻歹徒劫持。
The mostly peaceful protests supporting recent student concerns, as well as working and middle-class economic worries, hijacked by those bent on anarchy. And opportunistic young crooks looking for cheap thrills.
是的，暴徒中确实有移民和外国人。此外，还有据称与所谓“极左翼”团体有联系的人员。但这仍然是一场非常法国式的起义。从某种意义上说，这让局势更加令人不安。
Yes, there are immigrants and foreigners amid the rabble. Plus, those said to have ties with so-called "ultra-left" groupings. But this remains a very French uprising. Which in a way makes it even more unsettling.
埃马纽埃尔·马克龙总统近十年的执政，让这个国家更加分裂，承诺未兑现，愤怒积压在表面之下。暴力成为真实的危险。
Nearly ten years of rule by President Emmanuel Macron has left this country more divided, with promises unfilled, anger near the surface. And violence a real danger.
最新一轮暴力事件同样令人深感不安——当局也已承认——在一段时间内，巴黎及其他城市的部分地区处于失控状态。店主被迫自行保护财产。
What was also deeply troubling about the latest bout of violence — and authorities have admitted it — is that there were periods of time when parts of Paris and other cities were out of control. Shop owners were forced to fend for themselves.
这一切都成了左右派政客的绝佳政治资本。要么同情抗议者的诉求，要么呼吁加强法律与秩序。双方都在猛烈抨击当权者。距离总统大选还有六个月，时机至关重要。
All of this plum pickings for politicians on the left and right. Either sympathizing with protesters’ demands. Or calling for more law and order. Both sides slamming those in power. With presidential elections upcoming in six months, timing is everything.
鉴于法国国库空虚，对当前当局而言，加强安保似乎是更迫切、更有希望的出路。
With the French treasury bare, it seems the more pressing and more promising route for the current authorities is greater security.
这就是为什么政府高层官员纷纷就本周末即将举行的下一场大型抗议活动的应对部署公开表态。法国总理勒科尔努表示，将以“大规模警力行动”予以应对，并获得军队支援。勒科尔努接着说，活动人士将不得不在“暴力”与法国“共和国”之间做出选择。这种“非此即彼”的强硬表态，依然无法解决法国乃至其他国家面临的深层问题。
That’s why top government officials have been speaking out about their planning for the next big protest set for this weekend. French Prime Minister Lecornu says it will be countered by a "massive police operation" backed by the military. Activists will have to choose, Lecornu went on to say, between "violence" and the French "republic." "Do or die" talk that still does not address the underlying problems, not just facing France but other countries as well.
这也是为什么，除了各方对法国局势的强烈关注外，这场危机还可能为如何应对——或如何不应对——这个充满不平等与资源枯竭的崭新世界，提供一些实时的教训。我们在“街垒”见。
That’s why, in addition to the curiosity factor of everyone being intrigued by France, it could also provide some real-time lessons on how or how not to deal with a brave new world of inequality and dwindling resources. See you at the "barricades."