Angela Merkel won the battle to be Germany’ first female chancellor
Yahoo Germany broke new political ground as Angela Merkel won the battle to be its first female chancellor, heading a government uniting the country’s two biggest parties and ending Gerhard Schroeder’s grip on power.
Schroeder, who has led Europe’s biggest economy for the past seven years, will play no role in the new left-right administration, sources in his Social Democrats (SPD) said on Monday, but secured key ministries for his party.
Merkel immediately said there was no alternative to urgent reforms designed to revive the ailing economy, crippled by sluggish growth and unemployment at currently more than 11 percent.
She said the accord would pave the way for formal coalition negotiations, probably to start next week, and her Christian Union alliance would take six ministries, with the SPD getting eight cabinet posts.
“We have achieved something big, we have the basis for coalition talks,” she told a press conference.
Congratulations to her!
October 11, 2005 - 11:21 PM on October 11th, 2005
atta girl! angela. now just dont go curl up on chirac’s lap! you get bier from them goosteppers in bavaria and have a belated octoberfest! and congratulations!
October 12, 2005 - 07:46 AM on October 12th, 2005
Bill, excuse me but you mind knocking off the goosesteppers cracks?
October 13, 2005 - 11:09 AM on October 13th, 2005
well pcd you seem to have your lederhose in a wad; is your little tyrolian hat too small, or do you just need some sauer kraut to keep you regular? of course you could always think of goose stepping as organized polka dancing! good thing i didnt mention sausages!
October 13, 2005 - 12:36 PM on October 13th, 2005
Bill, yes, my Leiderhosen in in a wad. I dislike both Sauerkraut and Kimchi. I do like polkas, but Goosestepping is not a dance.
Are you going to call me a Nazi, too? Why not? One of the names in my family tree is Hess. Before you get stuck on stupid and make a remark about that, from AMERICAN HISTORY you should have learned that not all of the Redcoats were English, but hired German troops from the Hessian state, notably from the town of Hesse. Many of those troops stayed here and adopted the sirname of Hess.
October 13, 2005 - 03:30 PM on October 13th, 2005
if you are so inclined remember Layfayette(a frog) also the hessian did a wonderful service for the troops at valley forge and other areas. and NO ONE called you a NAZI! you understand that! i enjoy having fun blogging and if you want to thrust your biases to the forefront have at it! my give a flipper about you or your insecurities is nothing to me! GERMANY needs to turn from the leftist socialistic leadership of the likes of schroeder; so good for angela!
October 13, 2005 - 06:20 PM on October 13th, 2005
ok! pcd; goose stepping is a form of line dancing!!! ok!