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After leaving office in November, former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder wasted no time sprucing up his résumé. He took a job as consultant with Swiss publishers Ringier in November; he even attended a rural language school in Wales to brush up on his English. Russian, though, might have been a better choice. Only weeks after brokering, as Chancellor, a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin for a gas pipeline linking the two countries, Schröder earlier this month stepped into the role of project chairman. Set to start piping gas into Europe...
...Germany's election stalemate proved that the political system is in crisis [Oct. 3]. Did it mean the German people deeply oppose political reform? I don't think so. They are divided, however, about the pace and degree of change. Those who want to proceed slowly were comforted by Gerhard Schröder's campaign speeches and put off by Angela Merkel's. That's why Merkel did not appeal as much to voters who wanted to hear comfortable words. Philippe Dahbi Rockenhausen, Germany Gays Need Not Apply You reported that pope Benedict XVI may reaffirm a ban on homosexuals...
...fact that an issue like tax reform generates so much excitement says a lot about the zeitgeist in Germany today--and helps explain why the government of Gerhard Schröder was voted out last month after seven years in power. Following weeks of wrangling, the country's major parties agreed last week to form a coalition government headed by Angela Merkel, 51, who stands to become the first female Chancellor in German history. The victory of Merkel and her Christian Democratic Party marks a generational shift in German politics. Young voters who once were worried about social issues say they...
...woefully indecisive election, but Germany finally has a new Chancellor-designate: former physics instructor Angela Merkel, 51, who will be the first woman ever nominated for the post. Merkel will not be officially sworn in until late November, but although talks continue between her conservative Christian Democrat party and Gerhard Schroeder 's center-left Social Democrats on how to form a coalition government, Schroeder's party has now given up its claim to Germany's top post...
...return to power for the incumbents. And although the Greens maintained their share of the vote at 8%, it was another small party, the Free Democratic Party (fdp), that attracted new and younger voters, many under 30, to edge ahead of Fischer's party with 10%. Fischer and Chancellor Gerhard Schröder were the first German leaders born too late to feel implicated in Germany's Nazi past. One result was a bolder, more assertive German foreign policy and a willingness for the first time since 1945 to deploy German combat troops abroad. Schr...