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...Hans)) Modrow ((then East German Prime Minister)) did not keep his promises. He did not pursue liberalization of the economic system. On the contrary, he made the decision to restore the state security service. That triggered a catastrophic psychological development in the G.D.R. You could read it like a thermometer: every day more and more East Germans moved here. And you must bear in mind the size of the Federal Republic. It is not an enormous country, yet since Jan. 1 of this year 220,000 people have come across. That is why I said in January that we needed...
...playing a tragic role, but a necessary one," said Stefan Finger, campaign director of East Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD), which is the main adversary of Modrow's Communist Party, now renamed the Party of Democratic Socialism. Although the SPD is favored to win East Germany's first free elections, its leaders praise Modrow. Said Finger: "We believe in this man's integrity...
...most other Germans, East and West. A poll taken by a Leipzig sociological institute last month indicated that Modrow's once omnipotent party was favored by only 12% of the electorate, in contrast to a commanding 53% for the SPD, which is closely allied with West Germany's opposition SPD. But in the same poll, 52% named Modrow as the country's most trusted political figure, a startling result in a country fed up with Communists. By contrast, Ibrahim Bohme, the SPD leader and Modrow's probable successor as Prime Minister, scored only 15%. In West Germany another popularity ranking...
Carrying out his final duties as Prime Minister, Modrow knitted his brow more deeply than usual and told friends he would leave politics. But two weeks ago, duty summoned, and he agreed to head his party's ticket in Sunday's elections, virtually guaranteeing him a seat in East Germany's first democratically elected parliament. As leader of a small opposition party, Modrow may finally find his place in Germany...
Well-intentioned but slightly befuddled, American politicians rush to assist Hungary in its transition to democracy. -- East Germany's Modrow is the lamest of lame ducks. -- The contras and the Sandinistas balk at demobilization...