Schroeder to write book about his time as chancellor
Gerhard Schroeder plans to write a book about his seven years at the head of Germany’s government, the outgoing chancellor said in remarks released today.
The book would reveal “the last secret” of his decision to call the early elections that his Social Democrat-led government lost in September, Schroeder was quoted as saying in an interview to appear in the Die Zeit weekly.
Schroeder, 61, who is not seeking a post in the new government under conservative chancellor-designate Angela Merkel, said he would remain involved in politics.
He said he would reject any offer of a seat on the boards of big companies and would look for inspiration for his career outside “operational” politics to party grandees such as Hans-Jochen Vogel and Erhard Eppler, “free spirits, with great authority and solidarity.”
Vogel, 79, has fronted efforts to counter neo-Nazi violence and debate the ethics of genetic research as well as writing his memoirs since retiring as Social Democrat chairman in 1991.
Die Zeit said Schroeder, a trained lawyer, had also rented an office for a legal practice in Berlin.
