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Europe's Dirty Secret.
"Help, we're living in a banana republic!"--German weekly Die Zeit
The smoke spewing from the Leuna oil refinery in eastern Germany is cleaner than it used to be. In the bad old days of communism, it stank up the air, polluted the water and nobody cared. Today a different sort of foulness lingers. In a personal deal between former chancellor Helmut Kohl and the late French president Francois Mitterrand, Leuna was sold in 1992 to France's oil giant, Elf Aquitaine. To help rebuild the plant, the Germans plunged euro 750 million into the company--and euro 40 million of Elf's money promptly disappeared into the private accounts of two German lobbyists with ties to ...
- Left unsettled: Germany. (Social Democrats weak contenders against Helmut Kohl)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) July 8, 1995 700+ words
WILL Helmut Kohl rule Germany until...of the opposition Social Democrats, he may have to...exhausted. Though the Social Democrats know they must do...as easily drag the Social Democrats down as lift them...
- Kohl or Scharping; after 12 years in power much remains to be done. (Helmut...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) October 8, 1994 700+ words
...two main parties, Helmut Kohl's Christian Democrats...Rudolf Scharping's Social Democrats, are vying to be...to make it, the Social Democrats' case would be...wilderness in Bonn, the Social Democrats do not lack the...
- The dogs may catch the caravan. (Helmut Kohl, Franz Josef Strauss and West...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) March 5, 1988 700+ words
...poll says, as the opposition Social Democrats. Mr Franz Josef Strauss, the...Bonn by the chancellor, Mr Helmut Kohl, is to blame. Mr Strauss...of the vote, the same as the Social Democrats. Mr Genscher's Free Democrats...
- Looming Germany: Helmut Kohl lost no time in rubbing the shine off German...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) March 10, 1990 700+ words
Helmut Kohl lost no time in rubbing...S chancellor, Mr Helmut Kohl, is neither a bully...communism strongholds of the Social Democrats-Mr Kohl's main opponents...of outstripping the Social Democrats in West Germany. Manoeuvring...
- NOTES FROM THE EDITORS.(Helmut Kohl and Elian Gonzalez)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Monthly Review March 1, 2000 700+ words
What do Helmut Kohl and Elian Gonzales have...for existence, even social democrats in Europe have gone...party, including the Social Democrats, is not unrelated to...out. The disgrace of Helmut Kohl, a classic creature...
- Helmut Kohl Expected to Retain German Leadership
- Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered October 14, 1994 700+ words
...to keep Chancellor Helmut Kohl's center-right...with the opposition Social Democrats. But in any case...what accounts for Helmut Kohl's political recovery...And, especially, by Helmut Kohl, who is a chancellor...
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- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) September 19, 1998 700+ words
...MUNICH Does success for Helmut Kohl's allies in a state...have given Chancellor Helmut Kohl a handsome last...Meanwhile, both the Social Democrats and the Greens, potential...pollsters, reckoned the Social Democrats would pick up at least...
- Helmut Kohl's Election Puts Him in German History Books
- Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition October 17, 1994 700+ words
...Germany's Chancellor Helmut Kohl has been returned...only when party chief Helmut Kohl entered the room...opposition party, the Social Democrats, scored impressive...opposition parties - the Social Democrats and the Greens - were...
Source: HighBeam Research, Europe's Dirty Secret.