Franz Muentefering
Franz Muentefering
Franz Müntefering is a German politician and industrial manager. He was Chairman of the Social Democratic Partyfrom 2004 to 2005 and again from 18 October 2008 to 13 November 2009. He served as Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, as well as Vice-Chancellor, from 2005 to 2007...
begin full grand ready talks
We are ready to begin full talks for a grand coalition.
few grand none past prepared quite
None of us were prepared for a grand coalition. There was quite a lot to get over, and that's what we did in the past few weeks.
carry coalitions grand parties strengthen work
Grand coalitions carry risks, ... When they don't work convincingly they can strengthen parties on the fringes.
chancellor possible
It is possible that we can still do it, that Gerhard Schroeder can be chancellor again.
game minutes next score seven shower talking time whom
We have seven more minutes to score two goals. Talking about who will shower with whom after the game or who will play next time is nonsense.
ground healthcare issues middle
We still have a lot of important issues to discuss. In healthcare there is no middle ground between our positions.
confident people win
We are confident that we will be able to win people over with Gerhard Schroeder at the helm,
chancellor claim debate ensure implement manifesto political possible remains
We are going into this debate with the political claim to implement as much as possible of our manifesto and to ensure that Gerhard Schroeder remains the chancellor of Germany.
clear focused govern nation
We focused on issues, but made it clear that we in the SPD want to govern this nation with Gerhard Schroeder as chancellor.
handled problem recognized seriously taken
Everything that is recognized as a problem will be taken seriously and handled as such.
government led quickly stable
a stable government for this country, as quickly as possible. A government led by Gerhard Schroeder.
agree higher increases people talks tax taxed
We will only agree to other tax increases in the talks if people with higher incomes are taxed more heavily.
amount good half time weeks
Two and a half weeks is a good amount of time to get a lot of things moving.
exception left talk
We will talk to all the parties, with the exception of the Left Party.