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1.   Oskar Lafontaine (January 24, 1997)
In a crucial vote at the SPD party conference in Mannheim in 1995, Saarland’s minister president Oskar Lafontaine was elected national party chairman. He replaced....
Oskar Lafontaine (January 24, 1997)
2.   Federal President Roman Herzog during his "Berlin Speech" (April 26, 1997)
On April 26, 1997, Federal President Roman Herzog delivered a speech entitled “Moving....
Federal President Roman Herzog during his "Berlin Speech" (April 26, 1997)
3.   Truck Blockade in Schwerin (September 13, 2000)
After taking the reins of government in 1998, the SPD and the Greens began implementing the ecological tax reform outlined in their election platforms. They passed legislation to increase the tax....
Truck Blockade in Schwerin (September 13, 2000)
4.   Introduction of the "Riester Pension" (May 11, 2001)
Since the 1957 pension reform, German pensions have been financed on a pay-as-you-go basis. This means that contributions by active employees are used to pay benefits to current retirees. The aging....
Introduction of the
5.   Gasoline Price Hike (October 12, 2002)
Despite the outrage and protests against the new eco-tax in the summer of 2000, the Schröder administration....
Gasoline Price Hike (October 12, 2002)
6.   Unions Mobilize against Agenda 2010 (May 24, 2003)
On May Day of 2003, the Confederation of German Trade Unions [Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund or DGB] issued an appeal called “Yes to Reforms, No to Cuts in Social Spending.” In it, the DGB criticized....
Unions Mobilize against Agenda 2010 (May 24, 2003)
7.   Chancellor Gerhard Schröder at a Special SPD Party Conference on Agenda 2010 (June 1, 2003)
Chancellor Gerhard Schröder’s first term in office (1998-2002) was about “governing with a calm hand.” After the 2002 Bundestag elections, however, he changed....
Chancellor Gerhard Schröder at a Special SPD Party Conference on Agenda 2010 (June 1, 2003)
8.   ATTAC Protest against Agenda 2010 (August 14, 2003)
In 1998, the “Association pour une taxation des transactions financières pour l'aide aux citoyens” (Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions to Aid Citizens, ATTAC) was founded in France.....
ATTAC Protest against Agenda 2010 (August 14, 2003)
9.   Protest on the Sidelines of the BDI Congress (September 22, 2003)
The Schröder administration faced a difficult balancing act with Agenda 2010: while advocates....
Protest on the Sidelines of the BDI Congress (September 22, 2003)
10.   Ulla Schmidt, Federal Minister for Health and Social Affairs, Discusses Health Reform with Demonstrators (February 19, 2004)
The various reform roadblocks had a particularly negative impact on healthcare, where rising costs made the question of how to finance the statutory health insurance system increasingly urgent. Furthermore,....
Ulla Schmidt, Federal Minister for Health and Social Affairs, Discusses Health Reform with Demonstrators (February 19, 2004)
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