But he is certainly a very reliable manager.

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I'm not a friend of that explanation. Yes, tradition and history and all these things play a role, and there is a revolutionary tradition in France and not in Germany, and all that.

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There are several issues on which Washington should not fool itself - a Merkel government would take the same stance on (the) Kyoto (Protocol on global warming) and the environment as well on as the International Criminal Court.

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At the chancellery, he is someone who never pushed himself into the foreground or sought the media spotlight but tried to get positions with consensus from the various ministries.

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