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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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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Even if some have written occasionally about the motor stuttering, the last really historical steps that Europe has taken show that this relationship between Germany and France is in an extremely good state,
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War may never be considered unavoidable. ... Everything must be done to achieve the implementation of the (U.N.) resolution by peaceful means. That is the common position of France and Germany and we will not be diverted from it,
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It establishes the independence of German energy security.
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You can be sure that I will handle with responsibility the things that made you a German chancellor whom people will remember fondly,
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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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We Germans know from our own experience that dictators can sometimes only be stopped with force.
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We made clear that we want to create a really substantial new beginning in the relationship between Germany and Iran, ... Of course, we talked about subjects on which we differ, and we made our views clear.
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I don't want there to be any illusions. The Europeans (including) Germany have limited scope to influence the formation of American will,
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I expect the German chancellor to personally talk with (United States) president (George W.) Bush and not about him at campaign meetings.
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We had to campaign against a biased media unlike anything ever seen in Germany before,
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This is not just a German problem, ... It's a problem affecting all of Europe.
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This crime deeply shocked all of Germany and united it in sadness and sympathy,
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No! We don't want German soldiers in Iraq!