Gerhard Schroeder
Gerhard Schroeder
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...
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We can only point out that not only is Germany sad, but there are signs of solidarity from the whole world,
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Without a new mandate my political program cannot be carried forward,
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The American president called me and made the proposal, and I told him that it would not fail because of Germany,
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The Anglo-Saxon model will have no chance in Europe,
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That would be against the law, ... I will not tolerate that at all.
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That will be the subject of our talks today, and I think that we will have an agreement within a foreseeable time.
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That wasn't everywhere so clear. Now it is.
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That was a necessary process that I believe in and know to be right.
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I am worried about Iran's current policy, ... The overarching goal must be that we can solve this very difficult, worrying conflict peacefully.
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I am proud of the people in our country. I am proud of our democratic culture which has shown that it cannot be shaken by media power and media manipulation,
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I feel I have a mandate to ensure that in the next four years there will be a stable government in our country under my leadership, ... There will be no coalition under her leadership with my Social Democrats.
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I consider this suggestion to be highly important ... it must be put on the international political agenda.
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I could name a country but the office which I still hold prevents me from doing so - but everybody knows I mean America,
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I felt the same way, ... Paris is near in every aspect.