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...Widely expected to win a clear majority in that election, the Christian Democrats polled 45.6% of the vote. The Free Democrats were wiped out of the assembly, gaining only 3.1% of the vote, far less than the 5% necessary to retain representation. Campaigning vigorously under the slogan "Betrayal in Bonn," Schmidt's Social Democrats gained 42.8%, an increase of more than 10 percentage points over their predicted total. Said S.D.P. Chairman Willy Brandt after the election: "The electorate has spoken. The Hesse elections have strong national implications...
...Sept. 17 breakup of Helmut Schmidt's ruling center-left coalition. It marked the first time in West Germany's postwar history that a change in leadership was brought about by the use of the "constructive" procedure.* The unorthodox method of the changing of the guard in Bonn gave an element of instability and uncertainty to the fledgling Kohl government, which has tentatively promised national elections for next March 6. Kohl's new coalition is untested, and his Christian Democratic Union has not been overwhelmingly successful in recent state elections. Kohl's new junior partners...
Reported by Roland Flamini and John Moody/ Bonn...
...breakup, Schmidt's party has received a "sympathy boost." The latest Allensbach poll showed that the Social Democrats have rebounded from a low ebb of 31.4% last July to 36.8%. During the Hesse campaign, the S.P.D. plastered Free Democratic posters with red stickers denouncing their "Betrayal in Bonn." In recent speeches, Schmidt has heaped scorn on the Free Democrats, calling Genscher a Weinpanscher (someone who sells wine diluted with water). As he took the helm of a riverboat on the Rhine last week, Schmidt implied that he was glad to be rid of the Free Democrats. "With the F.D.P...
...coalition would probably cut some welfare benefits and provide more business incentives to spur economic recovery. Foreign policy, as one C.D.U. deputy puts it, will be characterized by "continuity with new accents." Kohl, who is more reticent and less arrogant than Schmidt, would probably improve the tone of Bonn's sometimes testy relations with Washington. Unlike the S.P.D., the Christian Democrats do not have to put up with a noisy minority that opposed a strong NATO defense against Soviet expansionism...