The first unknown is why the election is taking place at all. Chancellor Gerhard Schröder had another fifteen months to go before the end of the electoral term, and it seemed that he had no difficulty mobilizing his admittedly slender majority in parliament.
第一个未知数就是为什么要进行选举。施罗德总理的任期结束还有15个月，而他似乎在调动议会里无可否认的微弱多数方面也没有困难。