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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(The United States) and Russia have a joint responsibility to continue nuclear disarmament and we must fight against a new arms race. And we find that the president's suggestions really should be considered and they should be considered by NATO and Russia and also in the U.S.,
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Perhaps against that background, it is easier for us to understand exactly what it is the French and the Germans, in their hope and their expectation, what has united us in attempting to achieve the disarmament of Iraq by peaceful means,
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That would be against the law, ... I will not tolerate that at all.
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We had to campaign against a biased media unlike anything ever seen in Germany before,
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We condemn what happened today concerning the aggression against a brotherly state under the pretext that some organizations exist there,
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There are no grounds for concern, ... The Baltic Sea pipeline is a European scale project that is not directed against anybody and that should be open to later participation by third parties.
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This pipeline is not aimed against anyone but is aimed at ensuring the security of gas supplies to Europe.
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I say 'yes' to pressure on Saddam Hussein ... but I can only warn against playing games with war and military intervention,
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We will never tolerate any splits or divisions in society,
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We are both of the opinion, and the French president said that quite clearly yesterday, that one can never accept it when it is said that war is unavoidable,
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The rules on using official planes were followed, ... That which is of a private nature is between two grown-ups and should not be part of a political debate. Shots are being fired here that are not appropriate.
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These children were full of hope and full of joy on their way to a holiday,
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These challenges can only be mastered together. With great expectation, I see our continued cooperation on the basis of the close friendship between Germany and the United States.
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The successful development of our continent will rather be based on the principles of inclusion, balancing of interests and active participation in European integration.