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...government regards with concern the massive and hitherto unprecedented manner in which the Soviet Union is interfering in the election campaign and the internal politics of the Federal Republic of Germany." That unusually tough declaration came late last week from Jürgen Sudhoff, a spokesman for Chancellor Helmut Kohl's Christian Democratic coalition. The reason for the outburst: Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko's appeal to West Europeans to show "political maturity" by disavowing the U.S. bargaining position at the Geneva talks on intermediate-range missiles. The Soviet statement was seen as a blatant boost for Hans...
...rejection of the new Pershing II missiles scheduled to be deployed by the end of this year would be a "terrible setback to the cause of peace and disarmament." Although Reagan did not express a preference for either candidate, the Social Democrats saw the statement as U.S. support for Kohl...
...major candidates have proposed sharply contrasting remedies. Since taking office last October after the collapse of Social Democratic Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's coalition, Kohl has tried to trim the federal deficit (projected at $18.5 billion for 1983) while offering tax incentives to spur new investment. Vogel has pledged to undo Kohl's reforms, and called for a $.3.5 billion program to create jobs. He has also suggested that the work week be reduced from 40 to 35 hours with no cut in pay. Vogel's program has alarmed businessmen, who fear that his proposals would increase labor...
According to the latest polls, Kohl's conservative Christian Democrats should win 48% of the vote and the Social Democrats 43%. The Free Democratic Party, which precipitated the change in government last October by shifting its allegiance from Schmidt's Social Democrats to Kohl's Christian Democrats, is given 4%. Unless sentiments change, however, the Greens may win 5%, thereby breaking the barrier necessary for representation in the Bundestag. If that happens, the protest movement will be the first left-wing fringe party in the postwar period to have a say in West German government...
What both major parties fear specifically is that the Greens might oust the Free Democratic Party as the pivotal third force in the Bundestag. That will not matter if either Kohl's Christian Democratic/Christian Social Union alliance or Vogel's Social Democrats win a majority. But it becomes a critical issue if neither party has enough strength to form a government on its own. The conservatives are not likely, under any circumstances, to make common cause with the Greens. The Greens have signaled that they could support a Social Democratic minority government on some issues, but in return...