Franz Muentefering
Franz Muentefering
Franz Müntefering is a German politician and industrial manager. He was Chairman of the Social Democratic Partyfrom 2004 to 2005 and again from 18 October 2008 to 13 November 2009. He served as Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, as well as Vice-Chancellor, from 2005 to 2007...
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We still have a lot of important issues to discuss. In healthcare there is no middle ground between our positions.
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None of us were prepared for a grand coalition. There was quite a lot to get over, and that's what we did in the past few weeks.
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Money is short and it's clear that milk and honey will not flow, but there will still be healthy bread and decent jam,
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Naturally, this was not easy for us, but we see the need to do something here.
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We are confident that we will be able to win people over with Gerhard Schroeder at the helm,
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We are going into this debate with the political claim to implement as much as possible of our manifesto and to ensure that Gerhard Schroeder remains the chancellor of Germany.
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We are ready to begin full talks for a grand coalition.
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We will include the fact that we consider that to be the likely target age in our agreement on a coalition government.
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Under these conditions I cannot remain party chairman.
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We have seven more minutes to score two goals. Talking about who will shower with whom after the game or who will play next time is nonsense.
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The message was clear: This country does not want Mrs. Merkel as chancellor.
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If one makes demands of the country, those whose bank accounts are stronger must also contribute their fair share.
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We will only agree to other tax increases in the talks if people with higher incomes are taxed more heavily.
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Two and a half weeks is a good amount of time to get a lot of things moving.