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Gregor Gysi: As Ossi Schröder would never have become Chancellor  The Crypto Coin DiscoveryThe former head of the left party, Gregor Gysi, does not believe that Gerhard Schröder would ever become Chancellor, if he would have been in the GDR.

Germany's celebration of Iran's murderous regime is nothing new - AEI  American Enterprise InstituteView related *content*: Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East. When the Iranian government celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, few ...

'Amateur mistakes': Gerhard Schröder targets leader as SPD crisis deepens  The GuardianThe former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder has been out of office for more than 13 years, but he is still capable of causing mischief at the highest levels of ...

Russia uses gas as a lever for annexation, says Ukraine official  EURACTIVRussia has no interest in finding a compromise in the EU-mediated Ukraine gas transit talks and is using energy as a lever to weaken Kyiv in a bid to further the ...

Warsaw Concedes Over Gas Pipeline But EU Divisions Deepen  ForbesIt looks as if Warsaw has finally thrown in the towel over the Nord Stream II pipeline linking Germany and Russia. But Warsaw has been making contingency ...

Macron = Renzi? Probably Not  The GlobalistMacron has two advantages over Matteo Renzi: A solid majority in parliament and the ability to give protesters some fiscal concessions.

Germany's welfare experiment: Sanction-free 'basic security'  DW (English)Fear of sanctions is demotivating the unemployed from getting a job, a new study aims to show. Meanwhile, Germany's political left is mulling a welfare reform to ...

Macron’s politics look to Blair and Clinton. The backlash was inevitable  The GuardianThe French president has cut taxes for the rich but maintained austerity. It's a failed formula, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott.

The Oscar-Winning Director of ‘The Lives of Others’ on How the Life of Gerhard Richter Inspired His New Art-Themed Thriller  artnet NewsThe director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck went to great lengths to accurately capture the feeling of creative foment in postwar Germany.

Germany’s new Green divide  POLITICO.euHistorians trying to trace the collapse of Germany's Social Democrats would do well to look at the neighborhood of Haidhausen in central Munich. For centuries ...

The Oscar-Winning Director of ‘The Lives of Others’ on How the Life of Gerhard Richter Inspired His New Art-Themed Thriller  artnet NewsThe director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck went to great lengths to accurately capture the feeling of creative foment in postwar Germany.

Germany’s new Green divide  POLITICO.euHistorians trying to trace the collapse of Germany's Social Democrats would do well to look at the neighborhood of Haidhausen in central Munich. For centuries ...

Gerhard Schröder denounces US occupation of Germany  Voltaire NetworkIn 2003, former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder opposed the US destroying Iraq, a destruction that the US justified by the role Iraq had played in the 9/11 attack ...

‘Germany can’t accept being treated like an occupied country’ – Former Chancellor Schroeder  RTFormer German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder didn't mince his words about the incumbent US Ambassador to his country Richard Grenell, saying the US ...

Germany's Schroeder warns against demonizing China  ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - Weighing into Germany's debate about its ties with China, former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder warned Berlin against demonizing Beijing, ...

Berlin demands that Kiev act after Ukrainian nationalists put ex-chancellor Schroeder on ‘hit list’  RTOutraged Germany has demanded that Kiev take down an ultra-nationalist website that tracks the alleged enemies of Ukraine –some of whom ended up dead– ...

Gerhard Schröder labeled 'enemy of the state' in Ukraine  DW (English)Controversial Ukrainian website Myrotvorets has added former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder to its list of enemies of the state. It's caused quite a stir ...

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder as an enemy of the state of Ukraine listed  The News Article InsidersThe Name of Ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has appeared on a list of “enemies of the state” of Ukraine. The Pro-government website Mirotworez ...

Emmanuel Macron’s labour reforms may be working  The EconomistWHEN GERHARD SCHRöDER launched a series of German labour-market reforms in 2003, his country's unemployment rate stood at just under 10%. This was ...

The Merkel Era Comes to an End  Tablet MagazineAs I walked the streets of an overcast Munich early this week, the news hit like a thunderbolt: while intending to finish her term as chancellor, Angela Merkel will ...

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A nation has its allies and its enemies. Let's take the US for example. We are allies with many nations, that is to say, we ally ourselves with the establishment of that nation. But what do we do when two of our allies are in disagreement with another? Who do we support? And as far as neutrality goes, it can also pose problems. The Germans felt an immense betrayal when former chancellor Gerhard Schroder joined the Russians and allied himself with Vladimir Putin. What do we do? Do we say "How dare you Schroder? How dare you join that tyrant?" Or do we just mind our business? Our Saudi friends hate the Yemeni. We supply them with arms. But why? Because of a contract we have with them. Lastly, who do we side with when two of our allies hate each other? We are allies with the Turks and the Kurds and yet the former want to destroy the latter so that they do not pose as a threat. Who do we side with? Having Turkey as an ally has much more benefits than allying with Kurds who barely has an established country.

I was reading this article on-line, what are your views? If not Europe then China or India? Chicago Tribune, 6 January 2002 (bit old but anyway) EU in position to be world’s next superpower by Andrew Reding While U.S. media focus on Europe’s transition to the euro, Washington doesn’t seem to understand the full implication of a unified continent across the Atlantic. The adoption of the euro by 12 European countries signals something far more important than anyone on this side of the Atlantic seems to realize. Europe is gradually emerging as the world’s new superpower. Within a couple of decades, the European Union will equal—if not surpass—the United States as the dominant economic force on the world stage. Consider the arithmetic. The U.S. dollar is used by about 285 million Americans. The euro is beginning to be used by 304 million Europeans with comparable levels of prosperity. When remaining EU members Great Britain, Sweden and Denmark join the euro zone, as now seems inevitable, that sum will rise to 378 million. And that is just the beginning. Another 12 European countries are preparing to join the EU. Their accession in the next decade will bring the total to 483 million, in current figures. Taking a longer view, Turkey, the Balkans and eventually Russia enter the picture. Turkey is already in a customs union with the EU, and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder is advocating bringing Russia into the fold. For his part, Russian President Vladimir Putin is likewise tilting toward Europe. Russia is already a member of the Council of Europe. It is only a matter of time before it joins the EU. Together with the remaining holdouts, that will bring the total to roughly 800 million people in current terms, almost equal to the population of India or China. But the EU is qualitatively different from India and China. It is enormously more prosperous and technologically advanced. It encompasses four of the Big Seven economic powers: Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy. Geopolitically, it includes a unified Germany in further union with its historic rivals, France and Great Britain. Add Russia to the mix and the implications are mind-boggling. Never before has Europe been united through peaceful means. The emergence of the continental superpower raises the prospect of a union more formidable than the United States, stretching from the Atlantic across Eurasia to the Bering Sea. So why aren’t we hearing more about it? Because Washington still doesn’t believe Europeans will be able to overcome linguistic and cultural barriers. Yet border checks have vanished, so that crossing from one country to another is about as eventful as crossing a state line in the United States. The EU already has a functioning parliament, courts, capital city, flag, license plates, passports and now a common currency. Despite all of this, Washington still isn’t taking the EU all that seriously. Where, after all, is the European president? The current European executive has 15 heads, a recipe for gridlock that can only get worse with the admission of more countries. But even that is about to change. The EU is convening a constitutional convention under former French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing to consider a federal structure with an elected president to complement the existing directly elected parliament. Cynics will say that even so, Europe will never match the vitality and the commitment to freedom and free enterprise that has made the United States the world’s greatest-ever economic and technological powerhouse. But all that is changing too. Europe now has its own bill of rights, and a court in Strasbourg, France, to enforce it. Just as tariff barriers are vanishing all across the continent, so are the national monopolies that have until now stifled competition. With a single currency, reduced telecommunications and transport costs and a market larger than the United States, vast new opportunities are opening up for free enterprise. Already, there is a new dynamism in Europe. Futuristic rail lines are spreading across the continent, whisking intercity passengers at 185 m.p.h. Cellphones are more ubiquitous than in the United States. And even Americans are now flying in Airbuses instead of Boeings. And, if you think about it, the adoption of a common parliament, bill of rights, and currency by 12 nations with as many different languages is an even more audacious feat than the union of 13 English-speaking colonies a little more than two centuries ago. PNS associate editor Andrew Reding is a senior fellow of the World Policy Institute in New York. So what should America do?

I was watching John F. Kennedy's funeral on youtube until the voice over guy said that "never before have so many great presidents, kings, and leaders of other countries attended the same funeral before..." Do you know who were the great leaders who attended? Thanks.