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...would continue to be "the cornerstone of the Federal Republic's foreign policy." That continuity was symbolized by the presence in the Cabinet of Foreign Minister Hans Dietrich Genscher, the Free Democratic Party leader who served in the same post under Kohl's predecessor, Helmut Schmidt, and who has been a staunch defender of U.S. leadership in the troubled Atlantic Alliance. Indeed, soon after taking office...
...Chancellor should be warmly received by the Reagan Administration when he arrives next week. As leader of West Germany's center-right coalition of his own Christian Democratic Union and Genscher's tiny but pivotal Free Democratic Party, Kohl stands ideologically closer to Reagan than did Schmidt. Nevertheless, Kohl faces formidable obstacles in his bid to brighten the relationship with Washington. West Germany is suffering its worst economic troubles in 30 years, and that fact severely restricts Kohl in working out nagging differences with the U.S. Sharp disagreements, inherited from Schmidt's days, remain focused...
...most spectacular Social Democratic setback came in West Germany, where Helmut Schmidt was defeated by Christian Democrat Helmut Kohl in a parliamentary no-confidence vote after the Free Democrats, Schmidt's erstwhile coalition partners, switched to the conservative camp. Although Kohl came to power without a popular vote, the new Chancellor could receive a majority in the elections set for next March 6. Citing poor health, Schmidt announced last week that he would not run again for Chancellor, a move that increased Kohl's chances of confirmation in the job. (Late last week the Social Democrats chose Hans...
Hans-Dietrich Genscher and the Free Democratic Party pledged themselves to four more years of Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's government and rode his coattails to victory in 1980. Then the F.D.P. started maneuvering toward a coalition with the Christian Democrats. By violating the trust of the voters, the F.D.P. displayed a lack of character. This breach, more than any yearning for stability, has caused our political emotions to rise...
...West Germany during the booming 1950s and 1960s, when there was a desperate shortage of labor. Now they are widely criticized for taking jobs away from West Germans or, conversely, consuming welfare benefits. Kohl has already warned that "the number of foreigners cannot remain at its current level." The Schmidt government tried and failed to persuade many of the Turks to return home; in all likelihood, the new government will offer additional economic inducements with the same aim. Nonetheless, any attempt to displace the guest workers is bound to cause an outcry from the Turks as well as introduce...