http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/schroder/ en-us Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:38:56 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2293247/posts HOPE IS MAKING A COMEBACK IN PENNSYLVANIA!Look what arrived in my inbox today: SCHRODER ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR CONGRESS State Representative Curt Schroder running to serve the 6th Congressional District Downington, PA –State Representative Curt Schroder today announced that he is seeking the Republican nomination for the 6th Congressional District that includes portions of Chester, Berks, Lehigh, and Montgomery counties. “I have decided to enter this race to ensure that the values that built our country remain for our children, that we encourage the policies of entrepreneurism, limited government and to preserve the economic future of our nation,” said Curt Schroder.... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2293247/posts#comment Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:38:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063139/posts Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has criticized Georgia for the war over South Ossetia, calling Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili a gambler, and warning against allowing the country to join NATO. In an interview with Der Spiegel magazine due out on Monday, Schröder said he thought Georgia’s chances of joining the transatlantic alliance had moved “even further into the distance,” following the fighting with Russian forces. Schröder’s comments are sure to be scrutinized due to his close personal and political friendship with former president and current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, as well as his acceptance of a Gazprom job immediately after leaving... thelocal.de http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063139/posts#comment Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:31:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1726594/posts <p>Former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder has written a damning critique of Tony Blair's special relationship with the United States, saying it hampered Britain's links with Europe. In his memoirs, Decisions: My Life in Politics, which were launched yesterday, Mr Schröder examines Mr Blair's relationship with George Bush and attempts to divine the motivation behind it.</p> The Guardian (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1726594/posts#comment Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:23:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1526209/posts Tomorrow's formal election of Angela Merkel as Germany's chancellor will not mark a new era in economic policy. But in one respect there is a cause for guarded optimism. German foreign policy towards both the European Union and the US may become more stable and predictable. Ms Merkel intends to return to the foreign policy doctrine that prevailed under Helmut Kohl, the last Christian Democrat chancellor. Mr Kohl managed to combine unwavering support for European integration - often in seeming contradiction to the national interest - with a firm commitment to transatlantic relations. It was this policy that made Germany,... Financial Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1526209/posts#comment Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:25:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1501491/posts Schröder bows out with a dig at Blair and Bush By Kate Connollyin Berlin (Filed: 13/10/2005) Germany's outgoing chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, took swipes at Britain and America yesterday as he announced that he would not be part of the next government. In a speech to trade unionists in his home town of Hanover, he criticised Tony Blair over his vision for the future of the European Union. Gerhard Schröder yesterday "I say to my British friend that people in Germany, in Europe, do not want complete denationalisation," he said. "They want a state that is not in front of their... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1501491/posts#comment Thu, 13 Oct 2005 01:28:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1499782/posts BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- Conservative leader Angela Merkel is set to become Germany's first woman chancellor under a deal with Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats, sources from both parties have said. The deal, which ends Schroeder's seven years in office, breaks a three-week deadlock that started when voters gave Merkel's conservatives a narrow victory but not the majority needed to form a center-right government. Instead, the two leaders' parties will form a "grand coalition" that bridges the country's right-left split, officials told news agencies. In exchange for Schroeder surrendering the chancellery, his party gets eight seats in the Cabinet, compared to... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1499782/posts#comment Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:52:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1490747/posts THE German conservative leader Angela Merkel appeared to be gaining the upper hand this weekend in the struggle to become the next chancellor, after an inconclusive election result produced one of the most extraordinary weeks in the country’s post-war politics. Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), narrow winners of last Sunday’s poll, insisted yesterday that she must lead a “grand coalition” with Gerhard Schröder’s Social Democratic party (SPD) — the only combination that looks able to secure a majority in Germany’s fractured parliament. “We went into the election with Angela Merkel as our candidate for chancellor, the CDU is the strongest... Uk Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1490747/posts#comment Sun, 25 Sep 2005 00:02:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1486930/posts Germany was thrown into political chaos on Sunday evening as the early federal election delivered a hung parliament and both chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Angela Merkel, his conservative challenger, claimed victory and the right to form the next government. While Ms Merkel's opposition Christian Democratic Union obtained the largest number of votes by a small margin with 35.2 per cent, according to early estimates, it failed to muster a majority for a conservative-liberal coalition with the smaller Free Democratic Party. Recent investing newsPost-Enron Era Unlucky for Ex-Tyco Execs 'Heaven' Beats the Devil at Box Office ExxonMobil secures Java oilfield rights... Financial Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1486930/posts#comment Sun, 18 Sep 2005 19:40:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1485754/posts A centre-right coalition sought by German conservative leader Angela Merkel is running marginally ahead of the other main parties before Sunday's general election, according to two polls released on Friday. A poll by Forsa for RTL television indicated support for Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), their sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) and their liberal Free Democrat allies (FDP) at 48 to 51 percent. Combined support for Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats, the Greens and the new Left Party stood at 45 to 49 percent, the poll indicated. Forsa said the SPD had slipped slightly since its poll last week,... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1485754/posts#comment Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:51:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1452268/posts Germany needs painful economic reforms. That, at least, is what politicians were saying last year. But this year, the emergence of the new Left Party has seen all major parties veer to the left and dramatically soften their rhetoric. Which is grim news for Germany. Here's a string of un-fun facts about Germany -- not for the sake of feeding Germany's near pathological pessimism, but to foster an honest conversation about the future. Since German reunification in the early 1990s, all growth in the country has been financed by billions in public debt. The national debt has doubled to €1.4... Spiegel Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1452268/posts#comment Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:02:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1447739/posts The sex, bribes and corruption scandal at Volkswagen is shaking the company to its core. But in a company whose largest shareholder is the German state of Lower Saxony, a number of politicians also have their fingers in this mess. Now, the affair is casting a shadow over federal elections. Spiegel Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1447739/posts#comment Thu, 21 Jul 2005 18:29:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1431830/posts Yesterday saw the first Tee Ball game of the season on the White House Lawn. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings was the first base coach and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson acted as third base coach. President Bush yells "Play Ball!" as he places the ball on a tee to start the game and afterwards presents awards to the children taking part in the game. Today President Bush had a meeting in the Oval Office with the German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, the two leaders met privately to discuss regional security and diplomatic issues, afterwards they answered questions from the... whitehouse.gov; yahoo.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1431830/posts#comment Mon, 27 Jun 2005 21:48:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1395363/posts There's ample cause to criticize Sen. Ken Salazar for reneging on a key campaign promise. But the picketing of his wife's Dairy Queen restaurant by members of the Faith Bible Chapel who carried signs reading, "Salazar is anti-Christian" and "Salazar mocks God" is absurd. This dispute isn't about Salazar's religion; it's about his politics. === Correction Because of an editing error, this column misidentified those picketing a local restaurant as being associated with Faith Bible Chapel. The picketers were from Denver Bible Church. === On the other hand, Salazar's angry diatribe against Focus on the Family's advertising campaign targeting him... Rocky Mountain News column http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1395363/posts#comment Mon, 2 May 2005 19:57:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1394484/posts TO THE rest of the world they seem the perfect couple. After years of bickering between their two countries, German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Russian President Vladimir Putin have stood shoulder to shoulder on a host of issues, including opposing the US-led invasion of Iraq. But behind the outwardly chummy relations between the two countries, it has been business as usual for Russian agents, who have continued to spy on their former Cold War foes. The spying has reached such epidemic proportions that German intelligence officers say the best way to find out what German MPs are talking about on... Scotsman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1394484/posts#comment Sun, 1 May 2005 01:27:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1374046/posts Is German chancellor Gerhard Schröder's coalition government in danger of falling apart? A lot depends on negotiations this week in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein, where neither the ruling Social Democrats (SPD) nor the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) managed to win a majority in a February state election. After incumbent SPD state premier Heide Simonis failed to build a minority government, the SPD and CDU have opened talks on a possible "grand coalition." The CDU has the advantage: by walking away, it would trigger new state elections and almost certainly win. Failure to strike a deal could even force... Time Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1374046/posts#comment Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:49:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1360553/posts Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, visiting Germany for the first time, praised Ukraine’s bilateral relationship with Germany and expressed his thanks and that of his country for German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder’s special personal role during Ukraine’s peaceful democratization this past November, the outcome of which was the election of Yushchenko as President in December. Economic relations were the main focus during Chancellor Schröder’s meeting with President Yushchenko in Berlin on March 9. “Germany is partner Number One for Ukraine in Europe,” President Yushchenko said during a joint appearance before the press with Chancellor Schröder. “The economic relations between our two... Deutscha Wella http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1360553/posts#comment Fri, 11 Mar 2005 05:52:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1341988/posts A SENIOR adviser to Gerhard Schröder, the German chancellor, has been accused of passing confidential documents to East Germany in the 1980s which revealed how the British Army and RAF would react to an attack by Soviet-led Warsaw Pact forces.The details were among more than 100 pages of material allegedly given to the East Germans by Karsten Voigt, 63, a former MP who now works for the German foreign ministry as co-ordinator of German-American relations. He spent yesterday at an international security conference attended by Donald Rumsfeld, the US defence secretary. The German magazine Focus claimed this weekend that in... The Sunday Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1341988/posts#comment Sun, 13 Feb 2005 00:34:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1327554/posts For a German chancellor, it was the ultimate put-down. Gerhard Schröder called last week for a relaxation of Europe's tough rules on spending and borrowing only to be slapped down by the Bundesbank. Germany's central bank said the state of public finances in some European countries was very problematic, and could threaten the fiscal credibility of the eurozone. Schröder's point is that the best way to establish the credibility of the single currency would be for Europe - and its largest economy, Germany - to grow more quickly. He sees the toughness of the stability and growth pact - designed,... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1327554/posts#comment Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:05:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1295488/posts German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder Monday repeated his call to end the European Union's ban on arms sales to China. As Mr. Schroeder visited Beijing, Chinese officials signed agreements to buy $1.3 billion worth of Airbus jetliners and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of other German-made goods, including locomotives. Mr. Schroeder met Monday with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. The German chancellor opposes the European Union's ban on weapons sales to China, imposed after the bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing. His stand has been criticized by opponents in Germany, and the European Parliament renewed the sanctions last month.... Voice of America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1295488/posts#comment Mon, 6 Dec 2004 17:31:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1221111/posts Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's ruling Social Democrats were dealt a heavy blow yesterday by voters in two east German states where anger at high unemployment and economic reforms prompted a surge in support for the far Right and post-communists. Fifteen years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, television exit polls in the states of Saxony and Brandenburg reflected dissatisfaction at the lack of progress in raising living standards in the east to those of western Germany. In Brandenburg, a huge state which encircles Berlin, the Social Democrats remained the strongest party but lost seven per cent from the 1999 result.... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1221111/posts#comment Mon, 20 Sep 2004 08:38:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1204287/posts Schröder rattled as protests swell By Kate Connolly in Berlin (Filed: 31/08/2004) Tens of thousands of Germans took to the streets last night in the biggest protests yet against the government's unpopular welfare reforms. Demonstrations were held in more than 200 towns and cities across the country. The protests, which have run for five weeks, have been dubbed "Monday demonstrations" after the 1989 gatherings in the old East Germany that helped to topple the Berlin Wall. They are being led by the reformed eastern communist party, the PDS, the anti-globalisation group Attac and far-Right groups, Oskar Lafontaine, a former leader... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1204287/posts#comment Wed, 1 Sep 2004 00:18:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1161425/posts LONDON — At this week's NATO summit conference in Istanbul, it will be in the political interest of America's European adversaries — France's Jacques Chirac and Germany's Gerhard Schröder — to appear to cooperate with the coalition helping Iraq complete its liberation. At the same time, it is in the political interest of George W. Bush and Britain's Tony Blair to appear to be delighted with whatever safe and cheap aid that the Chirac-Schröder bloc allows NATO to offer instead of supplying alliance troops. In this way, the French and German leaders can tell their nations that no diplomatic cost... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1161425/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jun 2004 04:01:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1136128/posts BERLIN: Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, struggling to save his political fate, has cut Germany free from European budget restraints in a move seen speeding up an overhaul of the EU's fiscal policy framework. His refusal to plug new budget holes with spending cuts or tax hikes shows his government, deeply unpopular for launching welfare cuts and failing to revive the economy, has abandoned all pretence that it will stick to EU deficit limits in 2005. The U-turn heralds a revamp that will transform the EU's Stability and Growth Pact, designed to protect the euro from inflation, from a strict rulebook into... Gulf Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1136128/posts#comment Sat, 15 May 2004 13:54:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1073169/posts The future of Germany's chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, appeared to be in grave doubt last night following his unexpected resignation as the leader of the centre-left Social Democratic party (SPD). Mr Schröder, who has faced growing unpopularity over his economic reform programme, said he was stepping down as party chairman and handing the job to an ally - the SPD's popular parliamentary leader, Franz Münterfering. Mr Schröder said he would carry on as the German chancellor. His resignation from party duties would allow him more time to concentrate on implementing his reform agenda. "I am committed to this process of reform,"... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1073169/posts#comment Sat, 7 Feb 2004 03:01:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1045511/posts The German Chancellor wants to bar Muslim teachers from wearing headscarves in public schools FRANKFURT - Less than a week after French President Jacques Chirac announced plans to ban religious symbols from public schools, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has said that headscarves have 'no place' among public school teachers. Unlike Mr Chirac, however, Mr Schroeder said he could not prevent Muslim school girls from covering their heads in the classroom. Debate over whether to ban Muslim teachers from wearing headscarves has occupied Germany since the nation's highest court ruled in September that teachers were allowed to wear them, unless states... The Straights Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1045511/posts#comment Tue, 23 Dec 2003 17:41:26 GMT