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Schroeder Offers to Step Aside but Party Holds On |
2005-10-04 |
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said for the first time yesterday that he would be prepared to forfeit his claim to lead the next government in the interest of forming a coalition with the conservatives. But his Social Democratic Party (SPD) insisted they were not ready to cave in and would attempt to see the charismatic chancellor confirmed for a third term, as the bitter power struggle with his rival Angela Merkel raged on. |
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