中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕，众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录，将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
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.
钱勇：美丽中国建设将更加突出系统观念的实践深化和科学运用******
中新网埃及沙姆沙伊赫11月13日电 “从现在起，在生态文明建设上，我们就是要推进美丽中国建设，把促进人与自然和谐共生作为谋划发展硬约束，更加突出系统观念的实践深化和科学运用。”
当地时间12日，《联合国气候变化框架公约》第二十七次缔约方大会(COP27)生态文明与美丽中国实践边会在埃及沙姆沙伊赫举行，习近平生态文明思想研究中心主任、生态环境部环境与经济政策研究中心主任钱勇视频致辞时如是指出。
当地时间11月12日，习近平生态文明思想研究中心主任、生态环境部环境与经济政策研究中心主任钱勇向COP27生态文明与美丽中国实践边会作视频致辞。中新网记者 陈天浩 摄COP27生态文明与美丽中国实践边会由习近平生态文明思想研究中心/生态环境部环境与经济政策研究中心、中国新闻社联合主办，中国新闻网承办。
钱勇表示，中共二十大全面总结了中国生态文明建设和生态环境保护。回顾过去十年，中国深入贯彻习近平生态文明思想，在成功续写经济快速发展和社会长期稳定两大奇迹新篇章的同时，创造了举世瞩目的生态奇迹和绿色发展奇迹。
他说，城市空气质量改善速度最快，大江大河水质状况接近发达国家水平，美丽中国建设迈出重大步伐。“蔚蓝的天、绿色的山、清澈的水，城镇居民推窗见绿，出门见景，充分享受大自然的美丽和馈赠。”
展望未来，中共二十大对以中国式现代化全面推进中华民族伟大复兴作出战略安排和全面部署，进一步明确中国式现代化是人与自然和谐共生的现代化。高质量发展是全面建设社会主义现代化国家的首要任务，推动经济社会发展绿色化、低碳化是实现高质量发展的关键环节。
钱勇指出，中共二十大首次把积极稳妥推进碳达峰碳中和纳入生态文明建设整体布局和经济社会发展全局，重申了碳达峰碳中和的目标任务和战略举措，推动生态环境保护和生态文明建设同建设富强、民主、文明、和谐、美丽的社会主义现代化强国在目标逻辑、理论逻辑和行动逻辑上更加紧密、更加内生、更加融合。
“从现在起，在生态文明建设上，我们就是要推进美丽中国建设，把促进人与自然和谐共生作为谋划发展硬约束，更加突出了系统观念的实践深化和科学运用。坚持绿水青山就是金山银山，坚持山、水、林、田、湖、草、沙一体化保护和系统治理，统筹产业结构调整、污染治理、生态保护应对气候变化，加快推动经济社会发展全面绿色转型，在确保发展安全和能源安全的前提下，推进生态优先、节约集约、绿色低碳发展。”他说。
钱勇还表示，总而言之，中国将一如既往积极参与应对气候变化全球治理，坚持绿色低碳发展，同国际社会一道努力推动建设一个清洁、美丽的世界。(完)
