Volume 5, Number 5 · October 14, 1965
Germany: The Mixture as Before
By Walter Laqueur
A long battle behind the scenes is now under way in Bonn following last Sunday's elections, when an unexciting campaign was followed by the anticlimactic victory of the Christian Democrats. The Social Democrats improved their position by 3 per cent—not sufficient to harass seriously Professor Erhard's ruling party. They are disappointed; they had hoped for a much closer race and it now seems doubtful whether Brandt will lead them in yet another election campaign. The Social Democrats were criticized for pulling their punches in the campaign—for trying to appear respectable at almost any price, for not being radical enough. The Social Democrats undoubtedly tried to steal their rival's clothes, figuratively speaking, but this was not the cause of their defeat.
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