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
Take the military option off the table - we have already seen it doesn't work.
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.
This question about Iraq has gotten personal.
Any degree of unemployment worries me.
The euro is a sickly premature infant, the result of an over-hasty monetary union.
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.
Whatever the details of union may be, there's no doubt we need more policy coordination in Europe.
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.
As far as missile defense is concerned, a very thorough consultation process is underway.
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.