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To: John Carragher who wrote (120217)	6/15/2005 7:38:51 AM
From: Elsewhere	Respond to of 793897

The Stratfor article posted by jjkirk Message 21417851 is a reasonable description of Merkel and overlaps with some key points I posted before: Message 21350685 It still looks likely that Merkel will win on Sept. 18 but not as sure as immediately after Schröder's announcement of snap elections. The reason is that a new party left of the SPD has been founded which could attract as much as 18% of the votes and thus threaten the majority of Merkel's coalition. Additionally it's still not clear how Schröder wants to pave a constitutionally sound way to dissolve parliament. If Merkel wins she needn't act hectically. A lot could already improve if she manages to convince that her government is determined to tackle the numerous domestic problems. Then citizens and companies might open their wallets and spend and invest more providing a much-needed growth stimulus.