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...return to the Security Council helps Britain press its case in Washington for UN authorization of the transition in Iraq, which Prime Minister Tony Blair believes is essential to its legitimacy and success. Blair met with both Chirac and Germany's Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on Wednesday at an EU summit in Athens, and reported a positive atmosphere of cooperation on Iraq. And Chirac broke the diplomatic ice with President Bush in a 20-minute phone call earlier this week, in which the French leader promised to take a "pragmatic" approach to postwar Iraq. And antiwar France and Germany join...
...titans of Germany's now-defunct Neuer Markt have a new reason for stage fright. The Bottom Line Mr. Brown is not really the rather dour person he tries to present to us, but rather a romantic character BRIDGET ROSEWELL, economist for the Greater London Authority, on the British Chancellor's highly optimistic growth forecasts
...would come around. "This is what the French do," said a senior U.S. official. "They resist, and then when the time comes, they move to the head of the parade." The Administration missed what was happening in Europe. In the summer, to save his skin in federal elections, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder came out against military action in Iraq under any circumstances. He and Chirac had long had chilly relations, but last fall the French and German governments began to work toward a set of common positions on a variety of issues. For the French, this was vital. With Germany...
...home during the epic 1960 election campaign between Nixon and Kennedy. I was always a political junkie. On election night I stayed up until 8 o'clock in the morning in my parents' house, watching the election returns with Chet Huntley, David Brinkley, Sander Vanocur and John Chancellor. It was a seminal moment in broadcast journalism. Suddenly, all across America, the political process was actually brought into your living room. These dashing correspondents were able to make a living at this, covering campaigns and traveling the world. I was a pretty good writer and loved politics. I thought, "That...
...make the changes in our country that are necessary to bring it back to the top of economic and social development in Europe." That's what a revved-up Gerhard Schröder told parliament last week in an impassioned address broadcast on national television. So does the German Chancellor finally get it? With unemployment now topping 4.7 million - 11.3% of the workforce - and growth last year an anemic 0.2%, Schröder's proposed reforms come none too soon...