Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Former candidate for chancellor Frank-Walter Steinmeier spoke before his beleagured fellow Social Democrats at their party congress. The party had its worst performance in a generation in the recent general elections.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... the public as well as the parliament about what I knew."Social Democratic opposition leader Frank-Walter Steinmeier however repeated calls for a full parliamentary investigation. "It's about more than just the misconduct of a few individual people, its about a basic question of parliamentary democracy. The people of this country have a right to clarification," he told the Hamburger...
Next Left (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... 4/1 Elisabeth Guigou 5/1 Carl Bildt 7/1 Massimo D'Alema 7/1 Olli Rehn 7/1 Alfred Gusenbauer 10/1 Frank Walter Steinmeier 10/1 16/1 bar It would be a brave gambler who entered the field without inside information from Europe's Chancellories. The two outcomes are connected: Elisabeth Guigou and Carl Bildt would be the favourites for High Representative if Blair were to prevail...
Lavengro in Spain (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... of the Socialist family.’ The list that the Socialists are working on, according to EP, is Frank-Walter Steinmeier, former German Foreign Minister; David Miliband, British Foreign Minister; Elisabeth Guido, former French minister of Employment and Solidarity ; Alfred Gusenbauer, former Austrian Chancellor and Adrián Severin, former Rumanian Foreign Minister. There is not complete...
Bigthink - Site Features Feed (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
... will loosen the corporate and inheritance taxes. Of course, this news is met with the dismay of Frank-Walter Steinmeier , head of the Social Democrats’ parliamentary group and Merkel’s opposition in this year’s elections. “Nothing will get better, but there will be less security and things will get a lot more expensive,” Steinmeier said....
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
... Merkel's designated deputy, is set to become foreign minister in the new cabinet, replacing Frank-Walter Steinmeier, whose Social Democrats were defeated in the September 27 election. The FDP leader said that, after taking office, he would open talks on a withdrawal of US nuclear missiles deployed in Germany. His goal was to make Germany "a country free of nuclear weapons."The...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
... federal coalitions to the leader of the junior party. It was previously held by Social Democrat Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Westerwelle has been vague on his foreign policy goals but has been opposed to widening the role of German troops deployed against the Taliban in Afghanistan. In his party's coalition agreement with the CDU, he pushed through a three-month reduction in the...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
... Merkel's designated deputy, is set become foreign minister in the new cabinet, replacing Frank-Walter Steinmeier, whose Social Democrats were defeated in the September 27 election. The FDP leader said that after taking office, he would open talks on a withdrawal of US nuclear missiles deployed in Germany. His goal was to make Germany "a country free of nuclear weapons."The...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
... as Merkel's deputy and will take over the post of foreign minister in the new cabinet, replacing Frank-Walter Steinmeier, whose Social Democrats were defeated in the September 27 election. Economics Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg takes over from Franz Josef Jung as defence minister, while Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is to head the finance ministry. The 16-member...
