The future of German social democracy

New Left Review

Volumn , Issue 227, 1998, Pages 72-84

  Lafontaine, Oskar ^a  

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1. This is an extract of the text of the speech by Oskar Lafontaine, chair of the SPD, to the SPD Conference, Hanover, 2-4 December 1997. All footnotes have been provided by the translator.
2. The German word is geistig, which means 'spiritually' or 'intellectually'.
3. The great militarist Kaiser Wilhelm II (who reigned 1881-1918) was a frequent visitor to Hanover - where he often inspected troops or opened fairs and buildings. Early in his reign, he designated Hanover one of the few royal seats in Germany.
4. Monika Wulf-Mathis is the EU Comissioner in Brussels, and was the head of the ÖTV- Union.
5. The BDI, Bund deutscher Industrie, is the German equivalent of the CBI.
6. Hans-Jochen Vogel was formerly the party chief of the SPD.
7. This is currently a common way of describing low-paid jobs.