Germany Got a New Chancellor, Finally

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Posted by St_Andrew on Oct-10-2005 08:35:

Germany Got a New Chancellor, Finally

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Merkel 'to be German chancellor'
Angela Merkel's party won a narrow victory in last month's poll
Germany's Social Democrats have agreed that conservative Christian Democrat (CDU) leader Angela Merkel will become chancellor, German media report.

The agreement was reported by the German news agency DPA and ZDF television, with no further details.

The question of who would lead a new government has dogged talks between the main parties since they began.

Both Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Mrs Merkel laid claim to the post after a tight election on 18 September.

Further coalition talks between the two parties are being held Monday to resolve the post-election political deadlock.

The two parties have held three rounds of what they called exploratory talks.

Even if agreement has been reached, it will only be the start of a lengthy and more detailed negotiation on the small print of future government policy, the BBC's Ray Furlong reports.

It all suggests just how difficult it might be for a grand coalition of the conservatives and Social Democrats to govern Germany if it is indeed formed as anticipated.

Good news, even tho Germany still has a tough road ahead of it...

Posted by h0tsweetbabyd0l on Oct-10-2005 11:38:

good news.... are u kidding me erik?that really sucks i love schr�der ...chirac and him were good friends and france and germany were always so close i hope it will last

hey btw i see u posted that around 10 am ....arent u at school right now?u don't celebrate colombus in sweden so wtf

Posted by St_Andrew on Oct-10-2005 13:47:

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Originally posted by h0tsweetbabyd0l
good news.... are u kidding me erik?that really sucks i love schr�der ...chirac and him were good friends and france and germany were always so close i hope it will last

Schr�der being a good friend of Chirac makes it even better news

And seriously marie, it is not all about france and their relationship to it, there are more countries you know

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hey btw i see u posted that around 10 am ....arent u at school right now?u don't celebrate colombus in sweden so wtf

Nah, I don't have a class between 9 and 11 on mondays, so I usually go home then since everyone else in my class have a class then

Posted by Yoepus on Oct-10-2005 19:34:

weakened politicans can't do much. doesn't matter who would win. there is not going to be a coalition government.

Posted by h0tsweetbabyd0l on Oct-11-2005 19:02:

you are wrong yoepus
there gonna have a coalition but schr�der won't belong to the new governement even in the coalition as i heard in the news

Posted by St_Andrew on Oct-11-2005 19:25:

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Originally posted by Yoepus
weakened politicans can't do much. doesn't matter who would win. there is not going to be a coalition government.

I have my doubts too. It will probably be, but only for a while, the two parties are so different I doubt they could manage to do something together....

I still have some hope tho... But perhaps a reelection is better, where we can get a clear majority (hopefully). Although I guess it's better to have it like this than to have only SDP

Posted by Yoepus on Oct-12-2005 00:32:

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Originally posted by h0tsweetbabyd0l
you are wrong yoepus

How come no one ever points out when I was right]

But yea, looks like they managed to get some semblence of a coalition formed. How long it will last is another. But the major point is it looks completely powerless. This coalition will fall as soon as the first hard decision needs to be made.

The German people have elected to have no government. Let anarchy rein.

Posted by Alex on Oct-12-2005 03:49:

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The German people have elected to have no government. Let anarchy rein.

Hahaha in Germany of all places!

I hope Germany's "sluggish" economy, (as some experts put it) picks up the pace!

I also would like to compliment the German people on not losing control, proves they have lots of determination and patience!

I know if a result like this occured in a provincial election here in Quebec... There'd be some harsh finger pointing and even harsher accusations, even if the people did manage to vote almost perfectly evenly!

There would certainly not be a reasonable solution this quickly.

Posted by Fir3start3r on Oct-13-2005 00:29:

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Originally posted by Yoepus
How come no one ever points out when I was right]

Dood...welcome to my boat... lol!