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'Julius Caesar' Schrder condemned for clinging to power after poll defeat

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From: The Sunday Telegraph London
Date: 20050925
Author:TONY PATERSON in Berlin

CHANCELLOR Gerhard Schrder stands accused of behaving like a Roman emperor for refusing to quit despite defeat in the German general election.

Critics of the leader, 61, are beginning to question his state of mind because of his insistence on clinging to power after being narrowly beaten by Angela Merkel in last Sunday's poll.

One hostile newspaper asked whether he was on dope, while the mass- circulation Bild portrayed him in a toga on its front page. "Just what is the matter with Gerhard Schrder?'', it asked. "Does he think he is Germany's eternal leader - like Caesar?'' Even the ...

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