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...Schröder's idea of calling an early election is illogical. He hopes it will end the gridlock created by the opposition-controlled Bundesrat (upper house) and the government-controlled Bundestag (lower house). But if his Social Democrats win, the situation is likely to remain the same. What he should do is form a grand coalition with the opposition Christian Democrats until the constitutional end of the Social Democrats' term, in 2006. That would help break the gridlock. Alfred Jung Gau-Bischofsheim, Germany...
...term would have ended after four years, in 2002. It's time for him to go. No one will miss him. Thomas Kanthak Braunfels, Germany Schröder's idea of calling early elections is illogical. He hopes that they will end the gridlock created by the opposition-controlled Bundesrat (upper house) and the government-controlled Bundestag (lower house). But if his Social Democrats win, the situation will probably remain the same. What he should do is form a grand coalition with the opposition Christian Democrats until the constitutional end of the Social Democrats' term, in 2006. That would help...
Schröder's idea of calling early elections is illogical. He hopes they will end the gridlock created by the opposition-controlled Bundesrat (upper house) and the government-controlled Bundestag (lower house). But if his Social Democrats win, the situation is likely to remain the same. What he should do is form a grand coalition with the opposition Christian Democrats until the constitutional end of the Social Democrats' term, in 2006. That would help break the legislative gridlock...
...Saxony-Anhalt in 2002 and in Lower Saxony - Schröder's home state - in 2003. In April, it was forced into a grand coalition with the cdu in Schleswig-Holstein. The state polls are key to Germany's federal system because the states are represented in the Bundesrat, or upper house of parliament, which must approve about two-thirds of legislation passed by the Bundestag, or lower house. "The election in North Rhine-Westphalia is an extremely important decision," Economy Minister Wolfgang Clement, a former governor of the state, told Time. "With our reform policies...
...Stern magazine last week, while the CDU rose to 46%. Crucial elections take place on May 22 in North Rhine Westphalia, and recent polls show the SPD could lose that traditional stronghold to the CDU. Defeats in both states would give the CDU control of the upper house, the Bundesrat, putting a stranglehold on government legislation. Still, Jürgen Falter, a political scientist at the University of Mainz, thinks Schröder and his Green partners "have absolutely no alternative" to sticking together - and hoping the economy picks...