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 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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this war will come to a speedy conclusion to keep the number of victims and casualties as low as possible.
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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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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 say 'yes' to pressure on Saddam Hussein ... but I can only warn against playing games with war and military intervention,
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In meat production everyone has to be able to trace where the product comes from. The marketing chain has to be made transparent,
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that is sensible for the economy as a whole.
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That is not going to change, ... the trend is upward.
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I want to speak to as many people as possible,
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the need to put past differences behind us and focus on the people of that country.
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I'm in favor of the two main parties coming together.
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I'm proud of the people of our country who weren't shaken by the media's manipulation and the media power,
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I hope that you and your government will manage to pursue and complete the peace process on the foundation of what has already been achieved,
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I hope we will soon have an opportunity to continue our exchange of thoughts,