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Germany is an economic basket case primarily because Germans are tethered to welfare programs the country can no longer afford. Therefore, to address this national crisis, Chancellor Gerhardt Schröder called for early elections on Friday – claiming that “without a new mandate my political program [of austere remedial reforms] cannot be carried forward.”
Perhaps. But cynics accuse Schröder of gambling on early elections not to repair the economy but as a desperate ploy to secure another term in office. And, they’re right!
Nevertheless, Schröder seems cocksure that he knows when to “hold them and when to fold them.”
Stay tuned….
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