Schroeder holds firm on reforms
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder vows to continue with unpopular welfare reforms that have prompted huge protests.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder renewed his firm opposition to deploying troops to Iraq, slapping down hints at a change in policy from his defense minister.
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Germany's sweeping welfare reforms went  into effect without a hitch Monday as labor offices cut  payments for a million jobless and qualifying tests got  tougher.
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R E G I O N: KABUL: Visiting German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder Monday welcomed Afghanistan's first ever presidential election as a 'breakthrough' for the war-shattered land, struggling with a crippling drugs ...
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has staked his future on market-friendly economic reforms and is taking a hands-off approach to job losses at major companies such as car maker Opel and retailer Karstadt.
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BERLIN, Jan 17  German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said today progress towards West Asia peace depended on the United States playing a more active role.
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Monday he is confident of winning Germans over to his reform plans and rebuilding his party&#39;s support after avoiding major new losses in local elections in a traditional stronghold.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s party has halted an 18-month run of poll disasters by avoiding a fresh slump in local elections on Sunday, but will still need to make giant leaps to win a third term in 2006.
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Germany&#39;s defense minister suggested Wednesday that his country might one day send troops to Iraq, but Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder played down those remarks and said it would not happen.
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Hungary is determined to stick to its  new euro plan, endorsed by the European Commission on Tuesday,  after years of huge budget deficits derailed earlier hopes to  join the euro, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany said.
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Germany's coalition government said Thursday it has reached an agreement on health reforms after months of contention.Comment
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and French President Jacques Chirac said proposals by the European Commission to change the European Union&#39;s rules on budget deficits don&#39;t give governments enough leeway on spending.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, hit by a spate of midterm election defeats over his cutbacks in social welfare spending, is regaining his popularity in opinion polls after the re-election of President ...
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said  on Friday there were still problems to be solved on a reform  treaty for the European Union but she was working hard and  everyone was doing their best.
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shakes hands with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in Tripoli, Oct. 14, 2004. Schroeder arrived here Thursday night to kick off his two-day maiden visit to Libya, the first ever by a German leader in 25 years.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's party has vowed again to stick to its hated economic reforms despite Sunday's election rout in the state of Saarland where the far-right NPD emerged as the strongest ...
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Germany's governing Social Democrats avoided major losses in local elections Sunday in the country's most populous state, while the conservative opposition lost votes but stayed well ahead in a traditional stronghold for Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's party, exit polls indicated.