【聯合晚報╱法新社】
評柏林「窮但性感」的市長將辭
Mayor of ‘poor but sexy’ Berlin to step down Berlin's embattled mayor Klaus Wowereit, who famously dubbed his city "poor but sexy" and presided over its rise as an arts and party capital, will step down in December, sources said Tuesday.
消息人士周二說，四面楚歌的柏林市長沃維雷特將在12月下台；他曾說柏林這城市「貧窮但是性感」，成為著名的評語。柏林在他主政之下，成為藝術與派對玩樂之都。
Wowereit, who has led Berlin since 2001, had once been seen as a potential Social Democratic challenger to Chancellor Angela Merkel. But his star rapidly tarnished in recent years due to a fiasco surrounding a planned international airport.
沃維雷特從2001年入主柏林，曾被視為有能力與梅克爾競爭總理位子的社民黨挑戰者。近幾年因一座國際機場興建計畫的失敗，令他的運勢直直落。
Berlin government sources told AFP that Wowereit, 60, would make the announcement later Tuesday that he would likely leave office on December 11.
柏林政府消息人士告訴法新社，60歲的沃維雷特可能在周四宣布，將於12月11日辭去市長一職。
It was not immediately clear who would replace him, or whether his decision would prompt new elections, which are scheduled in late 2016.
目前誰會取代他，或者是否提前選舉市長尚不清楚。柏林市長選舉預定2016年年底舉行。
One of Germany's first prominent politicians to come out of the closet, Wowereit told party colleagues before his election as mayor in June 2001: "I'm gay, and that's just fine."
沃維雷特是德國首位出櫃的重要政治人物。他在2001年6月市長選舉前向社民黨同僚說：「我是同性戀，這也沒什麼」。
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