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Last week European opposition to an assault on Iraq was particularly shrill. In Germany, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder kicked off his re-election campaign by proclaiming in a speech in Hanover that "under my leadership, this country won't participate in any adventures [against Iraq]." And in Britain, everyone from trade union leaders to former military chiefs felt compelled to air their misgivings. Pax Christi, a Catholic group, submitted a petition signed by nearly 3,000 individuals to Prime Minister Tony Blair condemning any invasion as "immoral and illegal...
Patriotism", wrote Dr. Johnson in the 18th century, "is the last refuge of a scoundrel." Make that "campaigner" today, and take a look at pre-election Germany. In the aftermath of Sept. 11, German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder pledged "unconditional solidarity" with the United States. Now, he is telling George W. Bush to count Germany out. "Under my leadership, this country won't participate in any adventures [against Iraq]," the Chancellor thundered. "We will go our own German way; we won't be roped in." Not even a U.N. mandate would make Berlin join...
...been trailing Edmund Stoiber's Christian Democrats for many weeks, most recently by seven percentage points. Schröder simply cannot clamber out of the hole that is deepened daily by a sinking economy, plummeting stock markets and worsening unemployment. About to end up as a one-term Chancellor, he is playing his last worst card: nationalism with an anti-American tinge...
...accounting controversy and Short's charges are mere cavils compared to the sustained attack the Commission has come under in Germany in recent months. Chancellor Gerhard Schr?der and challenger Edmond Stoiber, locked in a close election campaign, have both found the Commission an easy target. Schr?der has accused it of trying to undermine Germany's industrial competitiveness through various legislative initiatives and antitrust rulings. Stoiber has been no more forgiving, claiming the Commission continues to encroach on the competence of the German regions, the L?nder, to run their own affairs...
After weeks of controversy over his handling of the future of Deutsche Telekom, the last thing Chancellor Gerhard Schröder needed was another scandal just nine weeks before a general election. But allegations of financial impropriety swirling around Defense Minister Rudolf Scharping forced Schröder to fire him last week. "In my opinion the necessary basis for cooperation in government no longer exists," Schröder said. Scharping, 54, was ousted after the weekly magazine Stern reported that he had received payments from a public relations agency that has several defense contractors as clients. Scharping admitted...