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...after much counting and recounting, somebody won?George W. Bush. Yet in Germany, Gerhard Schr?der, the Social Democrat, was trounced?and so was Angela Merkel, his Christian-Democratic challenger. The Chancellor and his junior partner, the Greens, lost their majority, but Frau Merkel and her allies, the Free Democrats (FDP), did not gain one. The Social Democrat-Green coalition was out, but the center-right...
...Institute, the cdu/csu leads the spd 43% to 29%, but almost half of voters have yet to make up their minds. If the waverers are enticed to spdspd defectors and former communists - the center-right cdu/csu may not win a big enough majority to govern with the Free Democrats (fdp). That could force Merkel's and Schröder's parties into a grand coalition, potentially leading to a stalemate on economic reform. In the first few weeks of campaigning, Merkel and the cdu made some amateurish mistakes, appearing divided and, at times, muddled. Even the choice of theme song...
...points in the Election Research Group's latest weekly poll for zdf television. But missteps by the cdu and its sister party, the Bavarian Christian Social Union, are making it unlikely that, if elected, Merkel will be able to form a coalition with the pro-business Free Democrats (fdp). Instead, they might be forced to form a coalition with the spd, which many analysts fear could stall economic reforms. "Her campaign now has serious problems," says Jürgen Falter, political scientist at the University of Mainz. Merkel has tripped several times out of the starting gate. She floated...
Germany's Free Democratic Party once described itself as the "party of the well-off." Its leaders quickly realized the error of making such an exclusive description, but the moniker has stuck. As it enters the campaign for national elections Sept. 22, the FDP has come out for a sharp reduction in income taxes for the wealthy as the recipe for cutting unemployment. Under the FDP's program, the top rate of income tax would drop to 35% from the present steep 48.5%. In addition, the FDP proposes to offer a 37,500 deduction for each child. "You say that...
...Bonn government). Further, the Free Liberals could strengthen their political influence as the state (lander) level if they joined with the Christian Democrats. In lander like Hesse and Rhine-Westphalia where the Free Liberals are in the minority, a coalition with the Christian Democrats would open the way for FDP administrative posts and increased political influence. Needless to say, Genscher has used this tempting possibility to blackmail the Social Democrats for greater FDP influence in the government coalition. Genscher's gamble may backfire, however. Irritated by the FDP's maneuvers, Schmidt warned the Free Liberals that if they became...