Gerhard Schroder Quotes

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Gerhard Schroder

Profession : Statesman

Birth : April 7, 1944

We must take care that globalization does not become something people become afraid of.

Gerhard Schroder

A market that's as open as possible is the precondition for a successful economy, and a successful economy is the precondition to being able to pay for social security.

Gerhard Schroder

This question about Iraq has gotten personal.

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There's no conflict between the social-welfare state and open markets.

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Germany is very free-trade oriented.

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Next, we will create a modern immigration law.

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We are seeing significant growth in foreign investment in Germany.

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As far as missile defense is concerned, a very thorough consultation process is underway.

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The question of feasibility, the question of cost, the question of including partners elsewhere in the world, the question of the effect of this project on arms agreements - all these issues are in discussion.

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One effect could be that the huge atomic arsenal created in the cold war could be reduced significantly.

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We made a decision that monetary policy will be made by an independent European Central Bank.

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Any debate among politicians about monetary policy is counterproductive.

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A common currency imposes on us a duty to cooperate more on policy.

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Indeed, the creators of the euro envisioned it as an instrument to promote political union.

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Whatever the details of union may be, there's no doubt we need more policy coordination in Europe.

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Germany is in favor of integration precisely because we don't want dominance.

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Naturally we are aware of the strength of our economy and naturally we don't want to downplay it.

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We really believe our national interests are identical with European interests.

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Any degree of unemployment worries me.

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We want to change the way we help unemployed people find jobs. We want to be faster and more goal oriented.

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