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Germany's elections on Sept. 27 had more than one victor. Sure, German Chancellor Angela Merkel retained her grip on the post. But Guido Westerwelle, the head of the Free Democrats, was the real winner, becoming the first openly gay leader of a governing German party. Though Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats pulled in one-third of the vote - less than in 2005 - Westerwelle's party captured 14.6% of the ballots, a 4.7% increase that was the largest of any group. Germany will now be ruled by a coalition of the two parties. Following German tradition, Westerwelle is slated...
Quotes By: "Would you please be so kind, this is a press conference in Germany." - Scolding a BBC reporter for asking a question in English rather than German (The Independent, Sept...
...about the right policies for our country and certainly not about these posts." - On his meeting with Merkel, where they discussed strategy for the new coalition (New York Times, Sept...
...only tell all young gays and lesbians to not be disheartened, if not everything goes their way ... This society is changing for the good in the direction of tolerance and respect ... though slower than I would wish." - In an interview with Berlin's gay magazine, Siegessäule, Sept...
...burn internally." - On what motivates him (TIME, Sept...