European governments have discussed imposing a bloc-wide windfall tax(暴利税) on energy companies, as near-record fuel and gas prices pile pressure on(给……施加压力) leaders desperate(不顾一切的，急切的) to contain mounting(不断增加的) public discontent and the challenge of the far right(极右翼).
欧洲各国政府已讨论对能源企业征收全欧盟范围的暴利税，因为接近历史高位的燃油和天然气价格让各国领导人压力倍增，他们急于遏制日益高涨的公众不满以及极右翼势力的挑战。
With elections due next year in eight EU countries including France, Italy, Spain and Poland, leaders are scrambling to head off the potential fallout from what analysts have warned could be one of the continent’s biggest energy shocks in decades.(由于包括法国、意大利、西班牙和波兰在内的八个欧盟国家明年将举行选举，各国领导人正手忙脚乱地试图阻止分析人士警告的、可能是欧洲大陆几十年来最严重的能源冲击之一所带来的潜在后果。)
由于包括法国、意大利、西班牙和波兰在内的八个欧盟国家将于明年举行选举，各国领导人正手忙脚乱地试图阻止分析人士警告的、可能是欧洲大陆几十年来最严重的能源冲击之一所带来的潜在后果。
Germany’s finance minister, Lars Klingbeil, called on the European Commission at a meeting of EU finance ministers in Dublin on Friday to propose possible ways to tax what he described as the excessive profits of oil companies.(德国财政部长拉尔斯·克林拜尔在周五于都柏林举行的欧盟财长会议上呼吁欧盟委员会提出对石油公司超额利润征税的可能方案。)
德国财政部长拉尔斯·克林拜尔在周五于都柏林举行的欧盟财长会议上呼吁欧盟委员会提出对石油公司超额利润征税的可能方案。