Germany and the Third Way

Johannes Schneider Johannes.Schneider at gmx.net
Mon Aug 2 08:45:55 PDT 1999


Carl Remick wrote:


> >From today's NY Times:
>
> German Laborers Challenge Social Democrats' Right Turn
>
> By Roger Cohen
> But strongly supported by business leaders, and determined to
> demonstrate that only greater flexibility and a smaller state can bring
> down unemployment, Schröder shows no sign of changing course. In an
> interview published Sunday in the weekly Der Spiegel, he said the
> benefits of his action would be clear by 2002, when the next federal
> elections are to be held.
>
> "Some on the left of the party are going to have to understand that this
> form of attack is unhelpful," Schröder said. "It's dangerous to
> constantly question in public the direction of our program because
> voters will be alarmed."
The interrview is at: http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/0,1518,33534,00.html Johannes



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