Gerhard Schroder
Gerhard Schroder
Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder; born 7 April 1944) is a German politician, and served as Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. As a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, he led a coalition government of the SPD and the Greens. Before becoming a full-time politician, he was a lawyer, and before becoming Chancellor he served as Prime Minister of Lower Saxony. Following the 2005 federal election, which his party lost, after three weeks of negotiations he stood...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth7 April 1944
CountryGermany
Our future begins on January 1 1999. The euro is Europe's key to the 21st century. The era of solo national fiscal and economic policy is over.
The euro is a sickly premature infant, the result of an over-hasty monetary union.
There's no conflict between the social-welfare state and open markets.
We want to change the way we help unemployed people find jobs. We want to be faster and more goal oriented.
We must take care that globalization does not become something people become afraid of.
Any debate among politicians about monetary policy is counterproductive.