12 Quotes by Gero Neugebauer

They aren't able to criticize her, that would help Schroeder. But if Merkel becomes chancellor, then she will be the candidate again in 2007, pushing back their political ambitions for several years.

Skepticism was big when Merkel started. Now the CDU is profiting from the good image of Chancellor Merkel and all that went well in the government, while the SPD suffers from all that went wrong.

A grand coalition is the likeliest option, but who will become chancellor, no one could yet predict. In the end, it might be neither Schroeder nor Merkel.