资料图:美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素,众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中,美国民主党议员继续抱团,多轮投票中,一票不投麦卡锡,共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折,除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外,与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面,共和党党内反对者认为,麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱,无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府,另一方面,因为共和党的多数优势微弱,党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大,有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外,党内反对者也认为,自己的选票没有换取更多利益,希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步,比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物,众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任,选举几乎没有悬念。然而,麦卡锡此次为当选,不得不做出多个关键让步,其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制,使得众议长的权力被削弱,难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称,麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步,这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下,党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上,美国两党相互拆台,陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内,也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系,相互对抗,选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举,“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈,长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力,其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病,美国所谓的“民主”形象,让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举,变成了政客们利益置换的游戏,进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能,不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
福建屏南“三驾马车”跑出经济发展加速度******
(新春走基层)福建屏南“三驾马车”跑出经济发展加速度
中新网宁德2月4日电 (叶茂 甘叶斌)地处福建东北部的山区县——宁德市屏南县,用绿色工业、高山农业、文旅康养“三驾马车”拉动经济逆势上扬。
数据统计,2022年屏南县实现地区生产总值125.89亿元,同比增长17.3%,增速居全市第一;规模以上工业增加值、农林牧渔业总产值、社会消费品零售总额三项指标增速均居全市第一,其中规模以上工业增加值连续14个月增速超过100%;批发和零售业销售额、一般公共预算收入、地方一般公共预算收入、城镇居民人均可支配收入四项指标增速均居全市山区县第一。
连日来,在屏南县溪角洋工业园区新入驻重点企业——屏南润能新材料科技有限公司内,工作人员有条不紊地作业,安装调试、零件打磨;重点项目施工现场,起重机挥舞着巨臂,运输车来往穿梭,施工人员有序作业……
该企业项目负责人说,一期厂房项目建设已完成,正在安装调试生产设备,为投产做好准备,“项目建成满产后,预计可实现年产值10亿元。”
绿色工业,正成为山城屏南经济发展的新引擎。围绕打造“闽东北一流的山区绿色工业基地”,屏南县加快溪角洋工业园区、甘棠板式家具产业园区、漈头工业园区基础设施建设,积极承接宁德锂电新能源、新能源汽车等绿色产业配套项目落地,加快推动传统产业转型升级,并加大招商引资力度,积极兑现助企纾困政策。
随着节后人员返岗、项目建设动工、企业复工复产,屏南县也同步下沉“企业专班”,为企业解决存在的困难和迫切需求,当好复工复产“护航人”。
“节前已主动了解企业放假开工时间,做到心中有数,同时对企业在复工复产、人员招聘和业务拓展方面能帮尽帮。”屏南县工业园区管委会负责人陈抑非说,县里积极推进工业结构优化,加快传统制造业绿色改造步伐,培育壮大全绿色产业链。
绿色工业迈大步,高山农业生机盎然,提速乡村振兴。在屏南县千亩高山花卉产业园的温室大棚内,一支支金黄的文心兰竞相绽放、轻盈飘逸,状若飞翔的金色蝴蝶,令人赏心悦目。花农抢抓时间,忙着管护、包装、外运花卉,销往北京、上海、广州、昆明等地。
“屏南海拔高,气候、生态条件好,很适合培育高品质文心兰。”入驻园区的福建名仕花田园艺有限公司负责人余朝晖说,春节花卉消费热潮拉动,屏南花卉产业迎来“春暖花开”。
地处高海拔、低纬度的屏南县,紫外线强,昼夜温差大,十分适合种植花卉。近年来,屏南县将高山花卉产业作为支柱产业打造,强化招商引资和要素保障,推动高山花卉产业强势崛起。目前,全县拥有花卉苗木种植面积11205亩,花卉苗木企业40多家,2022年花卉全产业链产值逾4.6亿元。
一“花”独放不是春,“三产”齐开春满园。屏南县依托资源优势,大力发展“一乡一业”“一村一品”,因地制宜重点发展茶叶、水产、食用菌、水果、蔬菜、中药材、畜禽、林竹花卉及旅游等特色产业。2022年,屏南县实现农林牧渔业总产值30.42亿元,同比增长8.6%;城镇居民人均可支配收入35530元,同比增长5.9%。
当地官方表示,围绕打造“全省一流的高山农业基地”的目标,在抓好农产品稳产保供的基础上,聚焦一二三产融合发展、新技术新业态新模式融合创新、产业链供应链价值链融合壮大(三产三新三链),做优做强特色产业。
文旅融合再发力,绘就最美“诗和远方”。今年春节期间,一场别开生面的“醉美北墘”斗酒大赛在屏南县代溪镇北墘村黄酒文化广场上演。现场,各家各户的北墘黄酒“齐聚一堂”,行业工作者和黄酒爱好者通过品尝来辨别黄酒的种类、年份、质量,醇醇酒香夹着乡愁从山村氤氲升腾。
不仅仅是北墘,屏南小梨洋景区内的甘国宝故居、大棠休闲农场、丛林穿越等亲子活动倍受游客们欢迎;屏南县熙岭乡龙潭村中,熙熙攘攘的游客走访公益画室、咖啡屋、美术馆、四平戏博物馆等,与新旧村民一同过大年,体验文创魅力……
作为福建首个国家绿色旅游示范基地,屏南加强自然生态、古镇古村、特色农业、红色文化等资源整合,构建以“白水洋·鸳鸯溪”为核心,双溪、龙潭、仙山牧场等为支点的“1+N”多元融合发展格局,推动旅游经济全产业链延伸,着力打造“全国一流的乡村文旅康养基地”。
屏南官方表示,该县将深入实施“深学争优、敢为争先、实干争效”行动,围绕“建设县强民富生态美的山区发展一流县”目标,全面推动“三个一流”产业发展,争当山区县发展排头兵。(完)
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