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Article: Schroder outlines his `New Centre'
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 11, 1998
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CHANCELLOR GERHARD Schroder ushered in his "Republic of the New
Centre" yesterday, pledging to modernise German society and cut
unemployment in the coming four years of his reign.
But his "government declaration" itemising the programme of the
Social Democrat-Green coalition, was immediately attacked by the
opposition as lacking substance, and drew broad criticism for its
paucity of vision. "We have said that we do not want to do
everything differently, but many things better," Mr Schroder reminded
parliament. Proving to be a man of his word, the Chancellor spoke
for two hours about the minor improvements he had in mind.
He evoked the New Centre, a Schroderite variation on the Third Way ...