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...analysis of flight logs by the Guardian, have already put their fingers on the damned-either-way dilemma of governments who either acquiesced to the secret flights or didn't know about them. "I cannot imagine how something like this should happen without (the government) knowing," thundered Gregor Gysi, head of Germany's Left Party, this week in the Bundestag. "International law has to be used to limit the power of the strongest." The idea that European governments might have been complicit in holding detainees in secret challenges Europeans' sense that they hold the moral high ground over...
...Chiraquiens in rejoicing over Merkel's performance, they also have reason for concern over the happenings on the German left as well. After all, their cousins in Schroeder's SPD would have won hands-down if it weren't for the renegade Left party of Oskar Lafontaine and Gregor Gysi, with its roots in the old East Germany ruling party. The French Socialists have been here before, of course: Their candidate Lionel Jospin failed to reach the second round of the 2002 presidential elections because so many traditionally Socialist voters opted for stronger tobacco in the form of a plethora...
...Still, it may be too little, too late. Gregor Gysi, co-founder of the Linksb?ndnis, says the SPD platform will only further weaken workers' rights without strengthening the economy. The Chancellor "is saying farewell in a comfortable sort of way," Gysi, an east German, says. "My impression is that he's relieved that it's coming to an end." Gysi's not alone in that view. Even some of Schr?der's most ardent supporters fear that the cheers resounding at his public appearances may be the sound of his last hurrahs...
GERMANY Frequent Flyer Chancellor Gerhard Schröder got a gift from an unlikely quarter - the resignation of Gregor Gysi, leader of the Party for Democratic Socialism, the old East German communists. Gysi quit as both party leader and economics minister of Berlin over a scandal about his use of air miles - totted up on official business - for personal trips. The charismatic Gysi was the most prominent PDS figure and the one most popular among people in western Germany and young voters. His resignation could be a lifeline for Schr?der's re-election hopes. If the pds fails to gain...
...reaction to the shrinking job market. The East was never poorer than in the years after 1945, the very period in which the great postwar baby boom occurred. "Then it was a matter of rebuilding amidst the general poverty, with much hope and optimism," says Berlin family researcher Jutta Gysi. "Now, when it comes to young, childless women ((getting sterilized)), the pressure on the job market seems to be so great that they simply don't see any other alternative...