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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I feel myself confirmed in ensuring on behalf of our country that there is in the next four years a stable government under my leadership.
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This requires a government that makes this its priority and I am very sure that such a government will emerge in the form of a grand coalition.
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Those who tried to bring about a change in government have failed grandly,
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take charge of the political process, and if indeed possible, to establish an Iraqi government responsible for functioning of the country.
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This is not about my prerogatives and absolutely not about me as a person, ... It is about my party's prerogative for political leadership and only the party leaders can decide on that. I will accept any decision. I do not want to stand in the way of a development that allows the continuation of the (economic) reforms I initiated and the formation of a stable government in Germany.
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This country (the United States) is for the first time internally affected by war -- that is what one has to call it, I think. It is physically...and psychologically deeply wounded and the American government will have to act.
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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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I will not be a part of the next government -- definitely not be part of it,
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I will not stand in the way of anything that would lead to a continuation of the reform processes that I started, and a stable government in Germany,
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There is no crisis, ... The ability of the government to survive was never in danger.
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I regard myself as confirmed in office by our country and intend that there will be stable government under my leadership,
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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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The German government has made clear that wherever there are justified claims, these claims should be satisfied on legal and also moral grounds,
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The German government and the American administration had different opinions about how Saddam Hussein's regime should be handled,