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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that by overcoming dictatorship that the Iraqi people will have hope to live in peace and freedom and direct their own affairs as soon as possible.
allow country name post talking
My post as chancellor, which I still hold, does not allow me to name that country but you all know that I am talking about America.
fail president
The American president called me and made the proposal, and I told him that it would not fail because of Germany,
chance model
The Anglo-Saxon model will have no chance in Europe,
agreement subject talks within
That will be the subject of our talks today, and I think that we will have an agreement within a foreseeable time.
everywhere
That wasn't everywhere so clear. Now it is.
believe necessary process
That was a necessary process that I believe in and know to be right.
energy german independence
It establishes the independence of German energy security.
cannot democracy human hussein military problems regime saddam solve
We always said that the regime of Saddam Hussein does not correspondent to democracy and human rights... but you cannot solve such problems with military means.
support western
Without the democratization of Yugoslavia, there will be no Western support for reconstruction,
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The president made clear that he is politically interested in a strong dollar, not a weak one, ... It is clear that governments have limited possibilities for action. As you know, the central banks, which can act, are independent and we respect that.
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We assume that would lead to there being sufficient energy reserves in the market and, second, we would wish the pressure on the prices of oil products to be lessened,
according vote
Those who want that must, according to our system, vote for the SPD, ... That will also happen.
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Those who wanted change in the office of chancellor have failed.