If the SPD would only finally accept Merkel as chancellor we could have a coalition agreement by late October. We've got to respect the will of the voters.
If the SPD would only finally accept Merkel as chancellor we could have a coalition agreement by late October. We've got to respect the will of the voters.
The message was clear This country does not want Mrs. Merkel as chancellor.
They aren't able to criticize her, that would help Schroeder. But if Merkel becomes chancellor, then she will be the candidate again in 2007, pushing back their political ambitions for several years.
Merkel said that the new government would carry on German government's positive policy toward China. We highly appreciates that.
There is a leap from sounding each other out to coalition talks. In doing that, it must be clear that the (Christian Democratic) Union has the right to propose the chancellor and will nominate Angela Merkel.
If Mrs Merkel wants to wear Westwood, I can promise that I will design clothes for her that will make her look chic, refined and influential.
If we are seeing a recovery in Germany it is not a very strong one. Merkel will ultimately be judged on whether she can push through reforms and deliver on the economy.
Merkel has absolutely no choice but to rein in spending. She'll have zero room for maneuver if she doesn't tackle the deficit.
It is important that the two big German parties have reached agreement on the formation of a future government. I need to congratulate Mrs. Merkel, who, moreover, will be the first female chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany ,
Merkel has a certain coolness towards Russia, after all she grew up in what she would view as an occupied East Germany. But German business interests make good relations essential and she can't ignore that reality.
Germany is reaping the fruits of wage restraint and painful structural reforms. In addition, the change in government seems to have improved the business climate even if Merkel has so far done hardly anything in terms of serious economic reforms.
It is clear that Germans do not want Mrs. Merkel as their chancellor.
Angela Merkel is not to be envied at this time. It was one of the key ideas of the potential partners that the three party chairs would sit together at the Cabinet table.
Merkel received her introduction to Western politics when Helmut Kohl, Germany's larger-than-life Chancellor, tapped her as Minister for Women and Youth for his Cabinet in 1991. She established herself as both ambitious and willing to learn, outmaneuvering a succession of male colleagues to take the party leadership in 2000. She's criticized for being timid, ... but she's a political panther.
She can thank her lightning political career to the fact that Helmut Kohl needed to have a woman and an east German in his cabinet in 1991. By appointing Merkel, Kohl killed two birds with one stone.
The Social Democrats, by turning their attention to Merkel, objectively saved her.
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