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Westerwelle to Schroeder: I might be younger, but I am not more stupid ...

by PeWi on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 02:40:51 PM EST

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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
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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
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That's no excuse.

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