Gerhard Schroder
Gerhard Schroder
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...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth7 April 1944
CountryGermany
Germany is in favor of integration precisely because we don't want dominance.
Naturally we are aware of the strength of our economy and naturally we don't want to downplay it.
There's no conflict between the social-welfare state and open markets.
Our future begins on January 1 1999. The euro is Europe's key to the 21st century. The era of solo national fiscal and economic policy is over.
As far as my relationship with President Putin is concerned, it's fine.
A market that's as open as possible is the precondition for a successful economy, and a successful economy is the precondition to being able to pay for social security.
Indeed, the creators of the euro envisioned it as an instrument to promote political union.
I am not the German Tony Blair. Nor am I the German Bill Clinton. I am Gerhard Schroeder, chancellor of Germany, responsible for Germany. I don't want to be a copy of anyone.
They have it wrong in asking if Schroeder favors Britain over France, or France over Britain. Schroeder favors Germany. That is what we all have to understand.
The euro will raise the citizens' awareness of their belonging to one Europe more than any other integration step to date.
We made a decision that monetary policy will be made by an independent European Central Bank.
We want to change the way we help unemployed people find jobs. We want to be faster and more goal oriented.
I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days.
This is one of the gravest crises Europe has ever experienced... An agreement failed because of the completely stubborn attitudes of the UK and the Netherlands.