Outgoing Diplomat to Leave Party’s Top Post
From Times Wire Reports
Departing Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said he was giving up his leading role in Germany’s Green Party.
A high school dropout who became Germany’s top diplomat, Fischer said: “Now is the moment for a new lineup.”
He said he believed the party would be in the opposition, after its coalition with the Social Democrats lost its majority in Sunday’s election.
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