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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Those who tried to bring about a change in government have failed grandly,
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We condemn what happened today concerning the aggression against a brotherly state under the pretext that some organizations exist there,
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We should look for joint answers to the existing and new threats to security.
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There is no reason whatsoever for a party like the SPD to relinquish any of its claims as long as it's not clear if the two parties want to negotiate with each other,
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This shows that we are well-advised to work with Russia as a partner to combating worldwide threats.
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We need...to strengthen our European institutions and rigorously further develop the European integration process,
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We Germans know from our own experience that dictators can sometimes only be stopped with force.
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We made clear that we want to create a really substantial new beginning in the relationship between Germany and Iran, ... Of course, we talked about subjects on which we differ, and we made our views clear.
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Voters have decided for renewal of their country without giving up social cohesion,
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What we hear about the discussions is they are talking about 2 million barrels per day for 30 days,
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We want to continue this administration, and it seems we will be able to. We have good prospects to continue,
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There are people at work who don't want to bring this country together, but who are fostering new trends toward division,
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We agreed on the necessity of nuclear weapon control, in particular for the world powers,
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We can disarm Iraq without war. I see grasping this chance as my responsibility,