Word: chancellor
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Ever since Helmut Kohl came to power just over a month ago, the new Chancellor has insisted that West German ties with the U.S. would continue to be "the cornerstone of the Federal Republic's foreign policy." That continuity was symbolized by the presence in the Cabinet of Foreign Minister Hans Dietrich Genscher, the Free Democratic Party leader who served in the same post under Kohl's predecessor, Helmut Schmidt, and who has been a staunch defender of U.S. leadership in the troubled Atlantic Alliance. Indeed, soon after taking office...
...Chancellor should be warmly received by the Reagan Administration when he arrives next week. As leader of West Germany's center-right coalition of his own Christian Democratic Union and Genscher's tiny but pivotal Free Democratic Party, Kohl stands ideologically closer to Reagan than did Schmidt. Nevertheless, Kohl faces formidable obstacles in his bid to brighten the relationship with Washington. West Germany is suffering its worst economic troubles in 30 years, and that fact severely restricts Kohl in working out nagging differences with the U.S. Sharp disagreements, inherited from Schmidt's days, remain focused...
...Social Democratic setback came in West Germany, where Helmut Schmidt was defeated by Christian Democrat Helmut Kohl in a parliamentary no-confidence vote after the Free Democrats, Schmidt's erstwhile coalition partners, switched to the conservative camp. Although Kohl came to power without a popular vote, the new Chancellor could receive a majority in the elections set for next March 6. Citing poor health, Schmidt announced last week that he would not run again for Chancellor, a move that increased Kohl's chances of confirmation in the job. (Late last week the Social Democrats chose Hans-Jochen Vogel...
Hans-Dietrich Genscher and the Free Democratic Party pledged themselves to four more years of Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's government and rode his coattails to victory in 1980. Then the F.D.P. started maneuvering toward a coalition with the Christian Democrats. By violating the trust of the voters, the F.D.P. displayed a lack of character. This breach, more than any yearning for stability, has caused our political emotions to rise...
...suggestion was greeted with rage by labor leaders, who were not assuaged by the fact that Kohl and his Cabinet members have promised to take a 5% cut in salary. Union leaders closeted themselves with the new Chancellor after he returned from France for what was described by a union aide as an afternoon of "economic swordplay." Ernst Breit, leader of the country's 8 million-member German Trade Union Confederation termed the wage-freeze idea "totally unnegotiable." Even among pro-business spokesmen, who generally support Kohl, the wage-freeze idea was greeted with trepidation. Rolf Rodenstock, president...