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...back to "Gerhard" for Mr. Bush - after a year of icy silence during which the U.S. President refused to lay eyes on German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. The feud was not just over policy; it was personal. Last fall, Schröder saved his sinking campaign by raising the sluice gates of anti-Americanism in Germany, while his Minister of Justice compared Bush to Hitler. The Bushies repaid the compliment by dumping Berlin in the junkyard of "Old Europe," putting out the word: "Talk to the Russians, punish the French, ignore the Germans." But at the U.N. General Assembly...
...Continent can't forge an identity without first agreeing on a common foreign policy, then it may never learn its true name. Like any battered family, Europe has learned how to hide behind half-truth and euphemism. It's a crucial survival skill. On Saturday Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Tony Blair - in Berlin for their first meeting since Europe's dramatic split earlier this year over the war in Iraq - tried to present a common front, but didn't quite pull it off. "We all want to see a stable Iraq," said Blair...
...easy, but a united Europe would have an even harder time getting both things done. Even so, an eerie sense of déjà vu marks the aftermath of the Berlin Summit. With a new wave of anti-French anger rising in the U.S., Chirac and Schröder are preparing for private meetings in New York this week with George W. Bush. Reports from Washington suggest that the Bush Administration still hopes to bust up the Franco-German entente by pulling the Germans aboard and isolating the French. But analysts in both countries say that may be beyond...
...Security Council on Friday. Both Washington and London remained upbeat about the resolution's chances of success, despite early opposition from France and Germany, which staunchly opposed the war on Iraq. After a bilateral meeting in Dresden, French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder said the proposal did not give the U.N. sufficient political authority in Iraq and did not foresee a speedy enough handover of power to Iraqis. But though Schröder publicly called the proposal not "dynamic or complete enough," White House sources tell TIME that Germany has given Washington a more positive...
...dollar, aiding big exporters like steelmaker ThyssenKrupp and electronics giant Siemens. The U.S. economy is picking up, boosting demand for imports from Europe. Interest rates are the lowest in a half-century, helping businesses finance investment. And there's even some credit due to Chancellor Gerhard Schröder - a leader who has seen precious little of that recently. Schröder's government brought forward a planned €15.5 billion tax cut from 2005 to January 2004; economists expect it will create a "wealth effect" that many assume will stimulate the economy. RWI is forecasting 1.8% economic growth...