Word: schroeders
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...biggest beneficiary of Kohl's demise may be his successor, Gerhard Schroeder, whose Democratic Socialist government had until late last year been struggling to contain a resurgent CDU. "This scandal has destroyed the credibility of the entire opposition because many of its leadership figures have been tainted," says Wallace. "And a couple of months ago they'd looked set to break the Social Democrats' grip on government." But the long-term impact of a scandal of this magnitude goes beyond partisan calculation - Watergate, after all, forever destroyed the trust of a nation in its leaders...