Word: unificationism
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He may be right. The decision to boost wages above the current inflation rate of 4.5% is almost certain to set off a new inflationary spiral, raise the federal deficit and slow the flagging economy. Even so, most Germans backed the strike because they were angry -- embittered by the swelling...
Nor do the unions put much trust in Kohl's words. In 1990, campaigning for election as the Chancellor of one Germany, he promised "blossoming landscapes" in the east by 1994 and insisted that "nobody will be worse off after unification." But two years later the landscape is not blooming...
, The surprise resignation of the man who had championed German unification triggered an embarrassing row that highlighted the disunity within the ruling coalition. The leadership of Genscher's Free Democrats, who are junior members of the three-party coalition, announced that Housing Minister Irmgard Schwaetzer would take over as Foreign...
Already overwhelmed by immigration problems and the runaway costs of unification, Kohl appeared to be losing control. The impression was reinforced by one of the worst waves of labor unrest in the postwar era. The strikes began early last week in the public sector, with transit, garbage, mail and hospital...
But criticism rarely, if ever, comes from the White House. The Bush Administration was unstintingly supportive of German unification in 1990 and is no less so now that unity has, inevitably, produced a more powerful Germany. "Let me state, clearly and unequivocally, that we welcome and value this German assertiveness...