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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Things are now going well (in the talks), ... I'm certain that Frau Merkel will be elected as chancellor on November 22 by the parliament.
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I am certain that Turkey will continue along the path of reforms, ... It is not right to distance ourselves from this now.
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Certainly no one wants to hide that we have had different opinions ... But that is the past. Now our joint objective is that we come to a stable, democratic Iraq.
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We have a common interest to bring the military operation to a speedy and successful conclusion. I am certain that this success is not only necessary, but achievable.
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I see a military option a high-grade danger, ... Therefore I can certainly rule out that a German government under my leadership would take part in one.
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He did certain things in his youth that were not OK and which he has explained,
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and Merkel, who, for electoral reasons, has never shown any consideration for trade unions, is all the more certain to do likewise.
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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.
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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.,