Gerhard Schroeder ousted Germany's veteran chancellor Helmut Kohl, the West's longest serving leader, on Sunday in an election that turned on unemployment. Schroeder brought the center-left Social Democratic Party back to power after 16 years in the shadow of the conservative colossus who reunified Germany and anchored it in a united Europe. Schroeder promised to strive for continuity in foreign policy and to battle unemployment, currently more than four million.
End of an Era
Gerhard Schroeder ousted Germany's veteran chancellor Helmut Kohl, the West's longest serving leader, on Sunday in an election that turned on unemployment. Schroeder brought the center-left Social Democratic Party back to power after 16 years in the shadow of the conservative colossus who reunified Germany and anchored it in a united Europe. Schroeder promised to strive for continuity in foreign policy and to battle unemployment, currently more than four million.
