Roland Koch
Roland Koch
Roland Kochis a German jurist and former conservative politician. He was the 7th Minister President of Hesse from 7 April 1999, immediately becoming the 53rd President of the Bundesrat, completing the term begun by his predecessor as Minister President, Hans Eichel, until his resignation on 31 August 2010. On 29 October 2010, he was announced as designated chief executive officer of Bilfinger Berger, Germany’s second-largest builder...
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There is a leap from sounding each other out to coalition talks. In doing that, it must be clear that the (Christian Democratic) Union has the right to propose the chancellor and will nominate Angela Merkel.
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At the moment I would not want to give anyone hope that things might be different than we have agreed.
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We have the hardest week ahead of us. That's clear.
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That's the decisive question in the final hours for the party leaders,
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I see it as a signal for Angela Merkel.
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Can you explain to your own supporters what you are doing, bearing in mind a coalition they did not want, but which has been forced on us by the electorate?
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Before we can move forward to coalition talks, it must be clear that the CDU/CSU has the right to the chancellery. The SPD is not yet ready for that.
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I'm sometimes astonished at how much the German voter can take of this. It's like a powder keg that has no clear trigger.
astonished german voter
I'm sometimes astonished at how much the German voter can take of this.
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The CDU has the right to name a chancellor. The SPD are not yet ready to accept that. Schroeder has made them his emotional hostage.
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The Chancellor is seeking, in my view out of an unbelievable mixture of arrogance and overconfidence, to claim he won the election. But the truth is both camps didn't achieve their goals,
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A lot of my friends are foreigners. The public doesn't like the plan to give 4 million foreigners German passports. They believe that will hinder the efforts to integrate the foreigners.