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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The first statements of the new prime minister are very positive, ... I look forward to a meeting in the near future.
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I think we can say that in the past seven years, we have increased respect in the world for our country, our Germany, and I am sure that we will safeguard that together,
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I think a lot of that (proposal) because we must control financial markets better,
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It has been a very open and friendly exchange of opinions.
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It is not they who will decide, but we when we go to the polls on Sunday,
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It is an internal Russian problem to be solved between the Chechen people and the Russian federation.
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I see a military option a high-grade danger, ... Therefore I can certainly rule out that a German government under my leadership would take part in one.
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Otherwise nothing will happen (with a grand coalition),
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I think it is always worth it -- even in the last minute -- to push for peace and to fight for a peaceful disarmament,
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Merkel's biography does not embody the experience of most women, ... They are concerned with how they can have a family and a job, whether they should stay home for a few years after the birth, or how they can best raise their children.
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whose army is not an army of conquest.
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Whoever wants to settle this problem by military means must consider whether it advances the interests of an international alliance of 50 or more nations, many Muslim, or whether it will disturb and perhaps destroy this alliance,
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You can be sure that I will handle with responsibility the things that made you a German chancellor whom people will remember fondly,
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Wherever I go, I encounter a lot of support. The tide is turning,