European Tribune - Comments - German elections Thread

German elections Thread | 236 comments (236 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: German elections Thread (none / 0)

but Schröder was right: He really did not seem to know the history of the socilal-liberal coaltion.

by Saturday (geckes(at)gmx.net) on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 02:44:59 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: German elections Thread (none / 0)

Well in his "defense" he became a member of the F.D.P. (drei punkt partei) in 1980 when he was just 19

by PeWi on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 02:51:43 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: German elections Thread (none / 0)

That's no excuse.

by mimi on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 03:06:25 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: German elections Thread (none / 0)

sorry, I should explain, he became a member of the FDP, when they were still part of the Social Liberal Coalition after the 1980 election.

As I said earlier, there used to be two "wings" of the party, the social-liberals and the economic-liberals. Currently the economic liberals have the stronghold and the others left to join the Greens and the SPD

The FDP had been in power as a Coalition partner since from 1961 to 1998 - swaping to SPD and back to CDU in 1969 and 1982 respectively.

by PeWi on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 03:36:15 PM EST
[ Parent ]

German elections Thread | 236 comments (236 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

. Home
. About
. Contact
. New User Guide
. FAQ
. ET Editorial Guidelines
. Search
. Search (Google)

Username:
Password:

. Make a new account
. Reset password

Recommended Diaries

A Star is Born
by ChrisCook - May 23
23 comments

Socratic Economics XII: Utopian Government Finance
by Zwackus - May 25
33 comments

$1,000,000,000,00
0 or what we must remember
by Metatone - May 19
69 comments

Stable pricing is to metaphysics as variable pricing is to...
by Upstate NY - May 16
8 comments

The balance of anger and fear
by Frank Schnittger - May 17
43 comments

Another NRW election
by DoDo - May 13
118 comments

Bundesrat saves PV (and loses Röttgen)
by DoDo - May 12
18 comments

SYRIZA and the Eurocrats: a letter of intent
by talos - May 9
363 comments

Recent Diaries

Socratic Economics XII: Utopian Government Finance
by Zwackus - May 25
33 comments

A Star is Born
by ChrisCook - May 23
23 comments

$1,000,000,000,00
0 or what we must remember
by Metatone - May 19
69 comments

The balance of anger and fear
by Frank Schnittger - May 17
43 comments

Stable pricing is to metaphysics as variable pricing is to...
by Upstate NY - May 16
8 comments

A little American intercine battling
by rootless2 - May 14
27 comments

Another NRW election
by DoDo - May 13
118 comments

Bundesrat saves PV (and loses Röttgen)
by DoDo - May 12
18 comments

The mainstream German Magazine Spiegel asks, has the US mixed ...
by Democrats Ramshield - May 10
27 comments

Short Term Climate Forces: Black Carbon, Methane, and...
by gmoke - May 9

Twenty days of Crisis for Cameron
by ceebs - May 9
22 comments

SYRIZA and the Eurocrats: a letter of intent
by talos - May 9
363 comments

French Parliamentary Elections: a look under the hood
by Bernard - May 8
59 comments

Sunday Train: The Rock Island Line is a Mighty Fine Iowa...
by BruceMcF - May 6
18 comments

Greece election day II - Election diary and info
by talos - May 6
129 comments

Greece: Election day I - some background
by talos - May 6

The Change They Believe In
by ARGeezer - May 5
152 comments

The Rubble Of Neoliberalism
by afew - May 3
100 comments

Why haven't we had WWIII yet?
by Migeru - Apr 30
258 comments

LQD - Locking down an American workforce
by ATinNM - Apr 28
15 comments

More Diaries...

Occasional Series

Click for full list