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Like Abbott and Costello's "Who's on first?" routine, the coalition agreement unveiled last week by German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Green partner Joschka Fischer seems confused about basic issues, and destined to end where it began. But economists aren't laughing, because the E.U.'s biggest economy is also among its sickest: 3.94 million unemployed workers are draining government coffers, the GDP will grow only .5-.75% this year and the budget deficit will bust the E.U.'s 3% limit. Business leaders blame high taxes, expensive welfare programs and rigid labor laws, but the government seems...
There's nothing quite like a spat between old friends. After German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder narrowly won re-election last week, the Bush Administration subjected him to a series of calculated snubs, punishment for a campaign in which he forcefully opposed a war in Iraq--and during which his Justice Minister (since forced to resign) reportedly compared Bush's tactics to Hitler's. One reason for the Bushies' anger, Administration sources claim, is that Schroder left a clear impression with Bush that he would eventually support the U.S. against Iraq. "Schroder looked him in the eye and lied," says...
...unease about George W. Bush's push toward war and what Blair admitted was a "fear it's being done for the wrong motives." They didn't like being out of the European mainstream, which was summed up in the "total hostility" French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder declared toward the U.S. draft of a U.N. resolution that would automatically authorize war if Saddam Hussein stymies weapons inspectors. Forty percent of Labour delegates backed a rebel motion denouncing any use of force ever. Clinton got some digs in at Bush for disdaining allies and international...
Person of the Week The campaign was long and difficult, but thanks to his staunch opposition to U.S. calls for military action against Iraq, German Chancellor Gerhard Schr?der and his Social Democrat-Greens coalition managed a narrow re-election. But with the opposition Christian Democrats gaining strength, how long can he hold on to power...
There's nothing quite like a spat between old friends. German chancellor Gerhard Schröeder, who heads a coalition of Social Democrats and Greens, narrowly won re-election last week. But he badly damaged relations with the U.S. during a campaign in which he forcefully opposed a war in Iraq-and his justice minister (since fired) reportedly compared Bush's tactics to Hitler's. The Bushies were furious, and embarked on a post-election campaign of calculated snubs of Schröeder and his deputies. The odd thing is that, for all the Administration's display of pique...