Edmund Stoiber
Edmund Stoiber
Edmund Rüdiger Stoiberis a German politician, who was the tenth Minister President of the state of Bavaria and chairman of the Christian Social Union. On 18 January 2007, he announced his decision to step down from the posts of minister-president and party chairman by 30 September, after having been under fire in his own party for weeks...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 September 1941
construct government short
Should we not be able to construct a government ... the Schroeder government will only be able to govern for a very, very short time,
actual both budget crisis discussing increasing legal lives longer pensions retirement taboos
The crisis in the pensions budget is dramatic, ... There should be no taboos about discussing longer working lives and increasing both actual and legal retirement ages.
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We want the whole list on the table, and completely, before the election, ... Anything else would be enormous election deception.
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the most devastating of the last 50 years.
accepted angela cleared personal question relatively
The personal question has to be cleared up relatively quickly, and it has to be accepted . . . that Angela Merkel will be chancellor.
bottom economic european fight four
We are at the bottom of European economic growth, ... Schroeder had four years to fight unemployment and did nothing.
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I propose to the Chancellor that... before this legislature is recessed, we make some necessary changes to the weapons law, such as raising the age of ownership for large-caliber weapons from 18 to 21,
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In this altered situation, I have reached the decision that as the head of the party, I can better support the interests of the Christian Social Union in Munich.
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extreme situation in which Germany finds itself, we have no choice but to vote for the grand coalition.
equipped fully germany shows
This shows that Germany is not fully equipped for international competition.
bear capability form government responsibility stable
We bear the responsibility to form a stable government with a capability to act.
longer political situation
The political situation has changed. The SPD is no longer so predictable,
citizens everywhere
Unfortunately, we don't have such intelligent citizens everywhere as we do in Bavaria.
personal-question accepted angela
The personal question has to be cleared up relatively quickly and it has to be accepted by the SPD that Angela Merkel will be chancellor.