科隆羣體事件發酵 默克爾取消達沃斯之行

German chancellor Angela Merkel is facing increasing pressure at home after her justice minister warned that attackers identified as migrants in Cologne on New Year’s Eve were members of an organised crime network.

德國總理安格拉默克爾(Angela Merkel)在國內受到越來越大的壓力，此前德國司法部長警告稱，跨年夜在科隆參與羣體性侵犯的移民是一個有組織犯罪網絡的成員。

Heiko Maas said the mass sexual assaults and robberies that took place in the centre of the German city as thousands celebrated were co-ordinated by men using smart phones and social networks.

海科氠斯(Heiko Maas)表示，科隆市中心在成千上萬人歡慶新年之際發生的羣體性侵犯和搶劫案件，是由一些男子利用智能手機和社交網絡策劃的。

His claim came as Ms Merkel cancelled her regular trip to the Davos World Economic Forum, the global leaders’ gathering, this month in the wake of growing public outrage, mounting criticism of her refugee policy and worries over integrating migrants.

馬斯作出這個表態之際，默克爾面對愈演愈烈的公衆憤怒、針對她的難民政策的越來越響亮的批評，以及對於如何引導移民融入主流社會的擔心，取消了本月前往達沃斯、像往年那樣參加領導人云集的世界經濟論壇(WEF)的計劃。

More than 500 women have now filed criminal complaints over the new year attacks in Cologne, with 40 per cent alleging sexual assaults and many victims identifying their attackers as men of Arab or North African origin.

迄今已有超過500名女性就跨年夜科隆發生的侵犯事件提出刑事申訴，其中40%聲稱遭到性侵犯，許多受害者指認襲擊者是阿拉伯或北非血統的男子。

In an interview with the Bild am Sonntag newspaper, Mr Maas said: “Nobody can tell me that this was not co-ordinated or prepared … When such a horde meets to commit criminal acts it looks like it was planned in some form.”

馬斯在接受《週日圖片報》(Bild am Sonntag)採訪時表示：“如果有這麼一羣人聚集在一起，從事這樣的犯罪行爲，他們肯定有一定的組織方式。我絕對不相信這是一起沒有經過策劃或預謀的事件。”

His remarks are significant as he is one of the Social Democrat members of Ms Merkel’s Christian Democrat-led grand coalition, and his party has championed minority rights for years. Now, under public pressure for action, the SPD is joining the chancellor’s CDU party in proposing tougher laws on migrant criminals.

馬斯的言論意義重大，因爲他是默克爾的基民盟(CDU)所領導的大聯合政府中的社民黨(SDP)成員之一，他所在的政黨多年倡導少數族裔的權利。現在，在公衆要求採取行動的壓力之下，社民黨加入基民盟的行列，提議出臺更嚴厲的法律打擊移民中的犯罪分子。

At the weekend CDU leaders backed plans to extend judges’ powers to order deportations for migrants convicted of serious crimes. Ms Merkel said offenders “must feel the full force of the law”, adding that the plans were not only in the interests of citizens but of “the great majority of refugees”.

週末，基民盟領導人支持擴大法官權力的計劃，授權法官下令驅逐被判犯有嚴重罪行的移民。默克爾表示，罪犯“必須感受到法律的全部力量”，並稱相關計劃不僅符合公民的利益，也符合“絕大多數難民”的利益。