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Article: Social Democrats quit East German coalition
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 20, 1990
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EAST BERLIN The broad coalition chosen to lead East Germany as
it merges with the West collapsed Sunday when the Social Democrats
bolted in a disagreement over the pace of unification.
The departure of the Social Democrats will not derail the German
merger, but it amounts to yet another psychological blow to a nation
already reeling from a hemorrhaging economy.
All major East German parties are committed to unification, and
elections for a single government are tentatively scheduled Dec. 2.
The Social Democrats were the second-largest party in the
coalition led by Prime Minister Lothar de Maiziere's conservative
Christian Democrats.
"By leaving the coalition, the (party) is running ...