Schröder wins confidence vote

The German government of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder won a confidence vote in the Bundestag on Friday, 16 November. The German Chancellor provoked the vote himself when several Green and some SPD parlamentarians threatened to oppose the government's decision to deploy troops in support of the US-led war in Afghanistan.

The German government of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder won a confidence vote in the Bundestag on Friday, 16 November. The German Chancellor provoked the vote himself when several Green and some SPD parlamentarians threatened to oppose the government’s decision to deploy troops in support of the US-led war in Afghanistan.