Germans on their future

Orbis

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 127-143

  Rubinstein, Alvin Z ^a  

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EID: 0033473011     PISSN: 00304387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4387(99)80060-X     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. 1 For example, Joachim Bitterlich has been Chancellor Helmut Kohl's gray eminence at least since 1987. "Joachim Bitterlich, Europe's Quiet String-puller," Economist, May 23, 1998.
2. 2 According to a prominent German newspaper editor, one poll showed that while 54 percent of Germans consider the French their best friends in Europe, "60 percent believe that this friendship is 'something that exists only in the minds of politicians.' Among the respondents under 30, the rate is even 77 percent." "Estrangement on the Rhine," Foreign Broadcast Information Service/Western Europe (hereafter referred to as FBIS-WEU), number 97-189, July 8, 1997, from Süddeutsche Zeitung, July 4, 1997.
3. 3 "U.S.-German Conference Seeks to Define 'Intellectual Leadership' for the 21st century," This Week in Germany, March 27, 1998, p. 1.
4. 4 Winfried Muenster, in "Where is the European Idea?" FBIS-WEU-98-061, March 2, 1998, from Süddeutsche Zeitung, March 1, 1998.
5. 5 Karl Lamers, "Reflections on European Policy," CDU/CSU-Fraktion des deutschen Bundestages (Bonn, September 1, 1994).
6. 6 On July 17, 1998, Vaclav Klaus was replaced by Milos Zeman as prime minster of the Czech Republic, after his party fared poorly in the June 1998 parliamentary elections.
7. 7 This is a reference to the 1922 Rapallo Treaty in which Weimar Germany and the new Soviet Union established close ties, much to the consternation of the British and French.
8. 8 "Kinkel: Indulging in Self-Contemplation Harms Bonn's Image Abroad," FBIS-WEU-97-228, August 16, 1997, from Süddeutsche Zeitung, August 16, 1997.
9. 9 Facts About Germany (Frankfurt am Main: Societats-Verlag, 1996), p. 75.