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...leading German politicians, he's the one with the most instinctive feel and affection for the U.S. 'I know the United States very well,' he told time. 'Bob Dylan was more important for my political orientation than Karl Marx.' Moreover, Schröeder's defeated opponent, conservative Edmund Stoiber, is close to French President Jacques Chirac, and made little secret of his desire to re-establish the old Franco-German partnership on foreign policy, which would help marginalize U.S. ally Tony Blair in Europe. Not that Schröeder is about to become a Bush booster on Iraq...
...Tufts, the low-key process has spawned a worrisome number of short-term groups, says Assistant Director of Student Activities at Tufts, Edmund T. Cabellon...
...Western leader for whom the Iraq issue has been a political windfall is Gerhard Schroder. The German Chancellor, up for re-election when Germans go to the polls this Sunday, was far behind his conservative opponent, Edmund Stoiber, premier of the state of Bavaria, who had made a chief issue of the country's economic woes. Schroder has closed the gap in the past month and last week even edged past Stoiber for the first time in the eight-month campaign. One reason for Schroder's turnaround is his smooth performance as a crisis manager. When eastern Germany was inundated...
What happened? Easy. Schröder has to face the voters on Sept. 22, and all the polls signal a sure defeat. His Social Democratic Party has 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...
...intervening in Telekom's business may prove to have backfired. An opinion poll by TNS EMNID said four out of five respondents said what happened at Telekom would have no role in their decision on which party to vote for. Shareholder anger became a topic in the campaign when Edmund Stoiber, the conservative candidate, raised the issue in a debate with Schröder two weeks ago. Stoiber complained that Telekom executives had granted themselves 90% pay rises while the value of the stock fell by almost 90%. He said that he would not tolerate such behavior if he were...