Germans Face Choice of Change or Stability in Election
Bonn voters face a stark choice between Helmut Kohl and Gerhard Schroeder as Germany weighs stability against reform. Unemployment above 10 percent and a move to Berlin plus joining the euro loom, with both candidates promising deregulation and venture capital access while avoiding cuts to the social welfare net. Undecided voters linger, 21 percent, as the two-party contest centers on tax cuts and citizenship policy amid a broad reform debate.
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Bonn
Germany
Helmut Kohl
Gerhard Schroeder
Kohl
Christian Democrat
Schroeder
Berlin
Schroeder campaign stresses stability amid party splits
The candidate promotes stability at every stop while balancing a left wing base wary of his market friendly center. His proposed cabinet fuels questions about positions, with a free market economist seeking less finance minister power and Lafontaine advocating more market oversight. Voters see change, even if not impressed, as fresh air from Schroeder.
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Schroeder
Moe
Social Democrats
Oskar Lafontaine
Marion Rutz
German political party brief history snapshot
CDU and CSU form conservative bloc led by Helmut Kohl and Theo Waigel founded 1945 while SPD, led by Oskar Lafontaine, nominates Gerhard Schroeder as chancellor candidate. FDP, founded 1946, is centrist, business oriented with a history of coalition flexibility.
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Christian Democrats
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SPD
Oskar Lafontaine
Gerhard Schroeder
Germany
Europe
Socialist Labor Movement
Free Democratic Party
FDP
Wolfgang Gerhardt
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