Word: chancellor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...speaking so casually on her recent tour of what "Jimmy" thought and what "Jimmy" meant to do. When "Jimmy" was in London for the economic summit, he went out of his way to get on a first-name basis with a difficult character named "Helmut." But West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, with chilly punctilio, insisted on calling Carter "Mr. President." Tass, the Soviet news agency, would have none of the amiable diminutive either; in the course of attacking his human rights policy, Tass has haughtily referred to Rosalynn's husband as "President James Carter...
Some close aides of the Chancellor believe he is so resigned to eventual defeat that he may ask for a vote of confidence in the Bundestag in early fall. According to this scenario, Schmidt would lose and call for a new national election, which the opposition Christian Democratic Union-Christian Social Union alliance would almost certainly win. The reasoning behind this strategy: the new government would bog down in the economic and social difficulties facing the country, and thereby prepare the way for a revamped and refreshed S.P.D. to win a clear majority in the 1981 election, without the need...
...medical care and student assistance, is reneging on its promise to pursue a vigorous social reforms policy. In economic policy, Schmidt has been cautiously conservative, fearing that too much stimulation would trigger a high inflationary cycle. Says one disaffected S.P.D. Bundestag member: "Hell, Schmidt could just as well be Chancellor of the C.D.U...
...March by electing a militant president, Klaus-Uwe Benneter, who advocates cooperation with the Communists. That was too much even for other left-wingers in the S.P.D.: Benneter was fired from his post and ejected from the party. Meanwhile, Schmidt's F.D.P. coalition partners have been pressing the Chancellor for even more restraint in social policy and further tax cuts. To exploit these differences, the opposition has been courting the F.D.P., in hopes of breaking up the coalition and thereby forming a new Christian Democratic government with F.D.P. support. So far the F.D.P. has resisted, but as one Schmidt...
These assorted travails have left a visible mark on the Chancellor. His much-admired confidence now seems more like grating arrogance; he seldom flashes his famed toothy grin, and often appears wan and uncharacteristically glum. Says an aide: "He is deeply troubled, nothing goes right...