Is a ‘Frau Thatcher’ In Germany’s Future?

From John Gizzi, the political editor of Human Events:

“Schroder has ‘no chance’ in general election.”

This headline in the Financial Times on May 26 summarizes what pundits and pollsters are increasingly concluding about the German national elections in September. With unemployment at a post-war high of 5.2 million and its business-climate index dropping for the fourth consecutive month, Germany appears poised to turn out two-term Chancellor Gerhard Schroder.