War In The Balkans - Diplomacy: German pact in danger as Greens rebel o n Kosovo

From: The Independent - London | Date: May 12, 1999| Author: Imre Karacs in Berlin | Copyright information

THE STRAIN of keeping the German government together in the midst of a war that may be destined to destroy it, is beginning to tell. Chancellor Gerhard Schroder's fine head of hair has been visibly thinning of late. Joschka Fischer, the Foreign Minister, has been greying fast, and has the haggard look of newly fledged father perpetually deprived of sleep.

Neither man is short of work. In recent weeks, Germany has become the hub of diplomatic efforts to end the war in Kosovo. With the n...

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