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worldwide-news.net (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has said he will travel to Beijing to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. His successor Angela Merkel, who has taken a tough line on China, is staying away. But Schröder says Germany can only influence Beijing through “trusting cooperation.” Go to news source
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
... to Washington to repair the disastrously damaged US-German relationship caused by her predecessor Gerhard Schröder's vociferous opposition to the US invasion of Iraq. She then won more respect by changing Germany's stance towards Russia and China. Unlike her predecessor, she has criticised both countries over human rights abuses. Last September she met Tibet's spiritual leader, the...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
... These include a rollback of ambitious reforms undertaken by her Social Democrat predecessor, Gerhard Schröder, aimed at cutting unemployment by reducing certain welfare benefits.Merkel dreads the idea of another grand coalition after next year's elections. To avoid this, her advisers and campaign managers are trying to understand the discrepancy between her high popularity as chancellor...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
... and all the rumors," he said recently.But Steinmeier, the chief of staff for former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, also a Social Democrat, is seen as one of the few politicians who might at least stop the decline of his party's standing. Along with Merkel, he is one of the most popular politicians in Germany."Its very, very difficult now for the Social Democrats," said Richard Stöss,...
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BrothersJudd Blog (Free subscription) | 06/15/2008
W. regrets almost nothing (Maureen Dowd, June 15, 2008, NY Times) In a way, W. is very different from the cocky, know-nothing, chip-on-his-shoulder "Bully Bush" I followed on his maiden European tour in 2002. His disdain for Jacques Chirac and Gerhard Schröder, and theirs for him, was bristlingly clear. He told the bemused French that he'd heard tell from Jacques about their "fantastic...
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Financial Time (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
... staunchest European opponents of the war – French president Jacques Chirac and German chancellor Gerhard Schröder – have been replaced by more pro-American leaders Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel. In addition, the president’s friend, Silvio Berlusconi, has returned as Italy’s prime minister, despite the domestic unpopularity of his support for Mr Bush in Iraq. Diplomats add that...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
... the nature of this visit shows how the stormy relationship between Bush and Merkel's predecessor, Gerhard Schröder, has been replaced with stability, and something more."Merkel has managed to be close and at the same time distant from Bush," said Alexander Skiba, program director of the Alfred von Oppenheim-Center for European Studies at the German Council for Foreign Relations. "By...
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
... a long time, want to have much to do with Germans either, particularly after the former chancellor Gerhard Schröder secured an election victory in 2002 thanks to his dogged insistence that he would not support the Iraq war. More
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Financial Time (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
After narrowly scraping a general election victory in 2005, few believed Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, would achieve much. The low expectations for her fractious “grand coalition” have proved overly pessimistic. Despite the constraints, Ms Merkel has emerged as Europe’s foremost political leader, more reassuring and dependable than her predecessor, Gerhard Schröder. The test now...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
... Italy, and Nicolas Sarkozy of France - all solidly pro-American unlike the hostile partnership of Gerhard Schröder and Jacques Chirac that bedevilled Bush's first term.While the leaders will be generous and polite towards a US president who has plumbed unprecedented depths of unpopularity in Europe as well as in America, there is no doubt that the overall mood will be one of good...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
... Italy, and Nicolas Sarkozy of France - all solidly pro-American unlike the hostile partnership of Gerhard Schröder and Jacques Chirac that bedevilled Bush's first term.While the leaders will be generous and polite towards a US president who has plumbed unprecedented depths of unpopularity in Europe as well as in America, there is no doubt that the overall mood will be one of good...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
... a long time, want to have much to do with Germans either, particularly after the former chancellor Gerhard Schröder secured an election victory in 2002 thanks to his dogged insistence that he would not support the Iraq war.In recent years the bilateral frostiness has thawed. He even gave Angela Merkel a at the last G8 meeting. But there is no sense that he will ever manage to retrieve...
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Altering Labyrinth (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
... the Social Democrats have been doing well. They have been in government since 1998. Under the Gerhard Schröder they made a start implementing some inadequate - and slightly botched it must be said - but necessary reforms. On top of that the leftwing argument - a strong state, sense of community and a fuzzily defined principle of fairness - has been won. After the last election the...
