PROCEDURE

The case originated in an application (no. 48311/10) against the Federal Republic of Germany lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by a public limited company incorporated under German law, Axel Springer AG (“the applicant company”), on 19 August 2010.

The applicant company was represented by Mr U. Börger, a lawyer practising in Hamburg. The German Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agents, Ms K. Behr and Mr H.-J. Behrens, of the Federal Ministry of Justice.

The applicant company alleged that an injunction prohibiting it from further publication of two sentences was in breach of Article 10 of the Convention.

On 28 March 2012 notice of the application was given to the Government.

The Media Legal Defence Initiative, a non-governmental organisation, was granted leave to submit written comments (Article 36 § 2 of the Convention and Rule 44 § 3 of the Rules of Court).

THE FACTS

I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE

The applicant company is a public limited company with its registered office in Hamburg. Among other activities, it is the publisher of the mass-circulation daily newspaper Bild.

A. Background to the case

On the evening of 22 May 2005, after his party (the Social Democratic Party (SPD)) had suffered a heavy election defeat in the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia, Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who had been in power as head of the Federal Government since 1998, announced that parliamentary elections would be brought forward to autumn 2005 from their scheduled date in September 2006. Because the early elections could not be held until the Bundestag (German Federal Parliament) had been dissolved – a process which could only take place by order of Federal President of Germany after a motion of confidence in the Federal Chancellor had been defeated – Chancellor Schröder called a vote of confidence on 1 July 2005 and lost it, with 148 of the 304 members of parliament from the parties making up his government abstaining as requested by the Chancellor. On 21 July 2005 Federal President Horst Köhler dissolved the Bundestag. This means of securing the dissolution of Parliament prompted discussions in public and among members of parliament, and was also the subject of appeals to the Federal Constitutional Court, which, by a majority, dismissed them and ruled that the disputed procedure was in conformity with the Basic Law (see in particular the decision of 25 August 2005, nos. 2 BvE 4/05 and 7/05).

The elections were held on 18 September 2005. None of the main political parties emerged victorious with a sufficient majority, but the parties forming the outgoing Schröder government (the SPD and the Greens) lost their majority. Subsequently, the conservative parties (the CDU and CSU) and the SPD agreed to form a coalition headed by Ms Angela Merkel, the candidate for the CDU and CSU. On 22 November 2005 Mr Schröder left office and Ms Merkel was elected as the new Federal Chancellor.

On 9 December 2005, at a ceremony to mark the start of work on the Baltic Sea gas pipeline (“Ostseepipeline”), it was announced that Mr Schröder had been appointed chairman of the supervisory board of the German-Russian consortium NEGP (Konsortium Nordeuropäische Gaspipeline). The aim of the consortium, which had its registered office in Switzerland and was controlled by the Russian company Gazprom, was to build a gas pipeline to supply Russian gas to western Europe. The agreement on the principle of building the pipeline had been signed on 11 April 2005 by the German company BASF and Gazprom in the presence of Mr Schröder and the Russian President Vladimir Putin. The signing of the contract itself, initially scheduled for mid-October at an energy summit in Moscow, had taken place on 8 September 2005 – again in the presence of Mr Schröder and Mr Putin – ten days before the early elections.

On the day of the announcement, a member of Bild’s editorial staff attempted to contact the deputy spokesperson for the government, S. (who had continued to occupy this post under the new government), for information on the subject but received no reply. The following day he made a further attempt, which was likewise unsuccessful. Following a third request later that day, the deputy spokesperson informed the journalist that Mr Schröder had nothing to add to his statement of 9 December 2005 in which he had indicated his willingness to accept an offer from the consortium partners to take up a position on its supervisory board.

On Sunday 11 December 2005 a Bild journalist called the vice-chairman of the parliamentary group of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), Carl-Ludwig Thiele.

In a sworn statement of 14 December 2005 the journalist affirmed that Mr Thiele had wondered whether Chancellor Schröder had already spoken to the Russians about a lucrative position before calling the early elections in May 2005. When asked by the journalist what he meant, Mr Thiele had replied: “The early election gambit must now be seen in a new light”. The journalist had then asked Mr Thiele whether he meant that Mr Schröder might have triggered the fresh elections on the basis of promises from Russia. Mr Thiele had replied: “That’s a question we need to ask”. He had added that, from his own experience in politics, a matter involving such a major change in personal activity must have been settled well before May. He had then asked two further questions: “Did Schröder want to resign because he had been offered lucrative positions? Did he have personal motives in deciding to call early elections in a politically desperate situation?” According to the statement, Mr Thiele had agreed for his comments to be quoted. On 14 December 2005 the journalist called Mr Thiele again and asked him whether, in the light of the warning (Abmahnung) which Mr Schröder had issued to Bild, he still stood by his comments; Mr Thiele confirmed that he did.

B. The impugned article

In its edition of 12 December 2005 Bild published a front-page article with the headline: “What does he really earn from the pipeline project? Schröder must reveal his Russian salary.” On page 2 of the newspaper, under the headline “Russian salary – will Schröder earn more than a million a year?” the article read as follows: “The ex-Chancellor and Russian gas: there is growing outrage among all political parties. For Schröder is to head the supervisory board of a business seeking to build a four-billion-euro gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany. While he was Chancellor, he pushed this project through despite considerable resistance. Lower Saxony Prime Minister Christian Wulff (CDU) called on Schröder to act, either by declining the chairmanship of the NEGP consortium’s supervisory board, or by revealing all his income from his Russian job! Wulff told Bild: ‘Through his behaviour Gerhard Schröder has seriously damaged the reputation of politics in Germany. Schröder must decline the job of supervisory board chairman, because otherwise this may create the impression of being a reward for promoting the pipeline.’ The politician added: ‘If Schröder nevertheless accepts his appointment to the supervisory board, he must disclose what he is getting paid. This is a requirement under the regulations on disclosure [of income], which were toughened up by the Schröder government this year. The fact that the pipeline company has its headquarters in Switzerland is no reason for the former Federal Chancellor not to abide by these rules.’ Insiders reckon that Schröder is pocketing more than a million dollars a year for his gas job. After all, the Russians are not stingy. For example, five supervisory board members of the Russian company Northgas, a Gazprom subsidiary, have received payments totalling seven million dollars. The fact that Schröder is walking into the joint German-Russian venture so soon after leaving the Government has been met with incredulity across all political parties. One particularly delicate matter is that on 11 April the Russian energy giant Gazprom and the German [company] BASF signed a memorandum in Hanover for the joint exploitation of a Russian gas field, in the presence of Schröder and Russian head of State Vladimir Putin. Following the signing, the two government leaders stayed up late drinking red wine together. Was Schröder’s recruitment to the multinational gas company already being discussed at that time – six weeks before he called the early elections? The vice-chairman of the FDP parliamentary group, Carl-Ludwig Thiele, said: ‘That’s a question we need to ask!’ Thiele has a monstrous suspicion: ‘Did Schröder want to resign because he had been offered lucrative positions? Did he have personal motives in deciding to call early elections in a politically desperate situation?’ The early election gambit should ‘now be seen in a new light’, he added. Peter Ramsauer, chairman of the CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag, said: ‘You don’t make a deal like that overnight, and Gerhard Schröder was still Chancellor three weeks ago. He should now lay his cards on the table and say whether these agreements had already been reached while he was in office.’ The vice-chairman of the CDU parliamentary group, Wolfgang Bosbach, added: ‘Schröder should finally say what’s going on (was Sache ist)!’ The economic affairs spokesperson for the Greens parliamentary group, Matthias Berninger, said: ‘Schröder must now ensure maximum transparency and disclose his contract and remuneration.’”

The article on page 2 was accompanied by a photograph of Mr Schröder wearing a chapka on his head. Further down there was a short article stating that the NEGP consortium was headed by a former major from the State Security Ministry of the former German Democratic Republic, who was a friend of Mr Putin.

Mr Schröder’s appointment as chairman of the supervisory board gave rise to public debate and was reported in the media and discussed in the German Parliament, in particular on 15 December 2005.

An article published in Focus magazine (no. 50/2005) on 12 December 2005 stated that a journalist from the magazine had contacted the Schröder government in August 2005 to find out whether indications from Moscow that Gazprom was preparing a post for Mr Schröder were true. The government spokesperson had said that this was absurd and denied the existence of any such offer.

In April 2006 it emerged that in late October 2005, while government business was still being conducted on an interim basis by the outgoing government pending Ms Merkel’s election as Chancellor, guarantees had been signed whereby the German government agreed to underwrite a loan of one billion euros from two German banks in favour of Gazprom and part of the pipeline. Mr Schröder indicated that he had had no knowledge of the signing of the guarantees and Gazprom stated that it had not made use of them.

C. The proceedings in issue

On an unspecified date in 2006 Gerhard Schröder sought an injunction in the Hamburg Regional Court prohibiting any further publication of the following passage of the article: “Thiele has a monstrous suspicion: ‘Did Schröder want to resign because he had been offered lucrative positions? Did he have personal motives in deciding to call early elections in a politically desperate situation?’”

1. The Regional Court’s judgment

In a judgment of 24 June 2005 the Regional Court granted the injunction. It held in particular that the quotation in issue was neither a factual allegation nor a value judgment but mere speculation in the form of questions, the legality of which was a matter for assessment in the light of the principles established for reporting on suspicions (Verdachtsberichterstattung). According to these criteria, the courts had to assess whether the impugned report concerned a matter of public interest, whether there was a sufficient factual basis for the speculation, whether the newspaper had been sufficiently diligent in carrying out its research and in deciding to publish the report, and whether the nature of the report made it sufficiently clear that what was being reported was speculation and that the factual reality might be different. The regional court held that the publication of the passage in issue in the case before it did not satisfy these criteria in so far as the applicant company had not sought to obtain Mr Schröder’s views on the matter beforehand and had not established a sufficient factual basis to justify publishing the passage in question.

2. Judgment of the Court of Appeal

In a judgment of 8 April 2008 the Hamburg Court of Appeal upheld the Regional Court’s judgment. It held that the publication of the offending quotation breached Article 823 § 1 of the Civil Code, in conjunction with Article 1004 § 1 (by analogy) of the Civil Code and the right to protection of personality rights (Allgemeines Persönlichkeitsrecht – see “Relevant domestic law and practice”), because it suggested to readers of the newspaper that Chancellor Schröder had taken the decision to hold early parliamentary elections on the basis of private considerations motivated by self-interest. The Court of Appeal found it unnecessary to determine whether the quotation in issue amounted to a genuine (open) question or a factual allegation in the form of a question, since the applicant company had conveyed a suspicion which could also have been formulated as a question. The Regional Court had thus been correct in applying the criteria for reporting on suspicions.

The Court of Appeal observed that the report published by the applicant company did not merely reproduce what Mr Thiele had said, but the quotation had formed part of a significantly longer article intended to steer readers in a certain direction. It further pointed out that the article had begun by saying that Mr Schröder and the Russian President Putin had met in April 2005, and had then asked whether Chancellor Schröder’s activities on behalf of Gazprom had been discussed on that occasion. In the court’s view, this encouraged readers to believe that it was possible that an agreement had been reached for Mr Schröder to take up a private-sector post and that he had used the election defeat in North Rhine-Westphalia as a pretext for triggering a series of events that would lead to his leaving office as Chancellor. It added that this line of thinking was borne out by the two questions in the quotation in issue and the use of the phrases “early election gambit” and “must now be seen in a new light”.

The Court of Appeal observed that the principles for reporting on suspicions applied to the case before it, although the report in question had not contained any suspicion that Mr Schröder had committed a criminal offence. What was decisive in the court’s view was that the applicant company had conveyed a suspicion entailing a serious and damaging accusation against the former Chancellor. The article had suggested that he had misled the general public and the electorate about the true reasons for his decision to call early elections and that he had prioritised his own financial interests over the common good, which he was required to serve as Federal Chancellor. The Court of Appeal considered that this was one of the most serious accusations that could be levelled against a person who had formerly held one of the highest State offices. In its view, the quotation in issue confirmed the seriousness of the accusation by using the phrase “monstrous suspicion”.

The Court of Appeal added that the applicant company had not had due regard to the principles established for reporting on suspicions. According to these principles, any such reports had to concern a matter of justifiable public interest, have a minimum factual basis, set out the facts objectively by indicating both the circumstances supporting the suspicion and those pleading in favour of the person under suspicion, be published, in principle, after obtaining comments about the accusations from the person concerned and be the result of research satisfying the requirements of journalistic rigour.

Applying those principles to the case before it, the Court of Appeal noted firstly that the subject-matter of the report was in the public interest. It also accepted that there had been sufficient material to justify reporting on the suspicions in question. In that connection, it recapitulated the sequence of events forming the background to the article, namely that Mr Schröder had expressed support for the pipeline project throughout his time as Chancellor, that he had met President Putin at the signing of the declaration of 11 April 2005 by two Russian and German private-sector firms, that he had decided to hold early elections at a time when his political party had been in difficulty following its election defeat in North Rhine-Westphalia, that he had triggered a process resulting in his relinquishing the office of Chancellor and that – according to the Court of Appeal – it had emerged that between the date of the early elections and his last day as Chancellor, Mr Schröder had secured a very well-paid post in a consortium controlled by Gazprom.

The Court of Appeal added that it was especially legitimate to ask how Mr Schröder could have secured that post as the events in question belonged to an area of fundamental importance in shaping public opinion. It pointed out that the requirements for assessing the legitimacy of such a report should not be too stringent. Otherwise, there was a risk that the media would be limited to commenting on politicians’ conduct only where there was substantial evidence corroborating the suspicions raised. Such a restriction, however, was not acceptable in this sphere. The Court of Appeal noted that anyone who attracted public attention, such as politicians, had to accept that the threshold beyond which their conduct could be investigated by the media was lower than that applicable to anyone not in the public domain.

The Court of Appeal added that the impugned publication had lacked objectivity and balance. It pointed out that the version of events set out in a report should not amount to a prejudgment (Vorverurteilung) of the person concerned. This was not only the case where the report gave the impression that the person had in fact done what he or she was suspected of doing, but also when a report was intentionally biased and distorted the facts for sensationalist purposes, without regard to the circumstances militating in favour of the person concerned. In the Court of Appeal’s view, this was what had happened in the case of the report in issue, since it had made no mention of any factors casting doubt on the accusations made but had referred solely to circumstances corroborating the suspicions, which to a certain extent were concentrated within the offending quotation.

In this connection the Court of Appeal observed that the report did not mention that the May election defeat in North Rhine-Westphalia had considerably weakened the authority of the government majority at federal level and could have constituted a valid reason for asking the electorate, by means of early elections, whether it still supported this majority. Likewise, the report did not mention anywhere that Chancellor Schröder had not adopted an attitude of resignation but rather had been active and combative throughout the election campaign. Lastly, the Court of Appeal found that at the time of the article’s publication there had been no information from anyone close to Mr Schröder to suggest that he had based his decision to call early elections on grounds that were spurious (sachfremd).

The Court of Appeal added that the applicant company had no basis for arguing that these circumstances were so well known to readers that there was no need to reiterate them in the report, since the entire article had sought to suggest to readers that there were no circumstances casting doubt on the facts as presented. Similarly, the fact that the subject of the report was of considerable public interest could not exempt the applicant company from its duty to present a balanced account of the facts. On this point, the Court of Appeal emphasised that the applicant company was not prevented from criticising Mr Schröder. However, in view of the extremely serious accusation being made, it could have been expected to indicate that the facts had yet to be established.

The Court of Appeal held, lastly, that the applicant company had not carried out sufficient research before publishing the article. It considered that irrespective of whether the politician quoted in the article should have been required to conduct his own research before raising his questions, the applicant company had had a duty to clarify the facts further before publicly reproducing those questions, which concerned extremely serious allegations. It pointed out that there had been sufficient connecting factors in this regard. For example, the applicant company could have contacted the consortium in Switzerland, Mr Schröder himself or one of his team to find out when the post for the former Chancellor had been planned or created, when he had discovered the existence of the post and when and by whom the post had been offered to him. The Court of Appeal added that the fact that other media outlets had reported on similar suspicions could not release the applicant company from its duties. Moreover, the company had not asked Mr Schröder for his views. In the Court of Appeal’s opinion, irrespective of whether the views of the person concerned should always be sought when suspicions were being reported, the press had a duty in any event, in order to satisfy the requirements of journalistic rigour, to contact the person concerned when publishing speculation relating to that person’s motives, provided that the person could be reached for comment. The Court of Appeal concluded that this duty had been all the more compelling in the case before it, in view of the especially serious nature of the allegation being made.

3. Decision of the Federal Court of Justice

In a decision of 13 January 2009 the Federal Court of Justice refused the applicant company leave to appeal on points of law, holding that the case did not raise a question of fundamental importance and was not necessary for the development of the law or to guarantee uniformity of the case-law.

4. Decision of the Federal Constitutional Court

On 18 February 2010 a chamber of the Federal Constitutional Court decided not to accept for adjudication a constitutional appeal by the applicant company (no. 1 BvR 368/09). It declined to give reasons for its decision.
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NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em71
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-145700_a11_e48
001-145700_a11_em72
ORG
QUASI
German-Russian consortium
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-145700_a11_e48
001-145700_a11_em73
ORG
QUASI
001-145700_a11_em72
NEGP
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e49
001-145700_a11_em74
ORG
QUASI
Konsortium Nordeuropäische Gaspipeline
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e50
001-145700_a11_em75
LOC
QUASI
Switzerland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e51
001-145700_a11_em76
DEM
QUASI
Russian
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-145700_a11_e52
001-145700_a11_em77
ORG
QUASI
Gazprom
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e53
001-145700_a11_em78
MISC
QUASI
gas
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e54
001-145700_a11_em79
MISC
QUASI
pipeline
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e51
001-145700_a11_em80
DEM
QUASI
Russian
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e53
001-145700_a11_em81
MISC
QUASI
gas
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e55
001-145700_a11_em82
LOC
NO_MASK
Europe
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e54
001-145700_a11_em83
MISC
QUASI
pipeline
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e56
001-145700_a11_em84
DATETIME
QUASI
11 April 2005
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e4
001-145700_a11_em85
DEM
NO_MASK
German
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e57
001-145700_a11_em86
ORG
QUASI
BASF
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e52
001-145700_a11_em87
ORG
QUASI
Gazprom
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em88
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e51
001-145700_a11_em89
DEM
QUASI
Russian
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e58
001-145700_a11_em90
PERSON
QUASI
Vladimir Putin
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e59
001-145700_a11_em91
DATETIME
NO_MASK
mid-October
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e60
001-145700_a11_em92
LOC
QUASI
Moscow
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e61
001-145700_a11_em93
DATETIME
QUASI
8 September 2005
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em94
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e58
001-145700_a11_em95
PERSON
QUASI
001-145700_a11_em90
Mr Putin
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e62
001-145700_a11_em96
DATETIME
NO_MASK
ten days
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e28
001-145700_a11_em97
MISC
QUASI
early elections
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e15
001-145700_a11_em98
ORG
QUASI
Bild
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e32
001-145700_a11_em99
ORG
NO_MASK
government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e63
001-145700_a11_em100
PERSON
NO_MASK
S.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e32
001-145700_a11_em101
ORG
NO_MASK
government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e64
001-145700_a11_em102
DATETIME
NO_MASK
later that day
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e65
001-145700_a11_em103
DEM
QUASI
journalist
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em104
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e46
001-145700_a11_em105
DATETIME
QUASI
9 December 2005
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e66
001-145700_a11_em106
DATETIME
QUASI
Sunday 11 December 2005
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e15
001-145700_a11_em107
ORG
QUASI
Bild
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e65
001-145700_a11_em108
DEM
QUASI
journalist
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-145700_a11_e25
001-145700_a11_em109
MISC
QUASI
parliamentary
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e67
001-145700_a11_em110
ORG
QUASI
001-145700_a11_em111
Free Democratic Party
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e67
001-145700_a11_em111
ORG
QUASI
FDP
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e68
001-145700_a11_em112
PERSON
QUASI
Carl-Ludwig Thiele
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e69
001-145700_a11_em113
DATETIME
QUASI
14 December 2005
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-145700_a11_e65
001-145700_a11_em114
DEM
QUASI
journalist
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e68
001-145700_a11_em115
PERSON
QUASI
001-145700_a11_em112
Mr Thiele
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-145700_a11_e21
001-145700_a11_em116
MISC
QUASI
Chancellor
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em117
PERSON
QUASI
Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-145700_a11_e70
001-145700_a11_em118
MISC
QUASI
Russians
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e28
001-145700_a11_em119
MISC
QUASI
early elections
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e71
001-145700_a11_em120
DATETIME
QUASI
May 2005
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e65
001-145700_a11_em121
DEM
QUASI
journalist
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e68
001-145700_a11_em122
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Thiele
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e72
001-145700_a11_em123
MISC
QUASI
early election gambit
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e65
001-145700_a11_em124
DEM
QUASI
journalist
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e68
001-145700_a11_em125
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Thiele
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em126
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e73
001-145700_a11_em127
LOC
QUASI
Russia
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e68
001-145700_a11_em128
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Thiele
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-145700_a11_e74
001-145700_a11_em129
DATETIME
NO_MASK
May
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em130
PERSON
QUASI
Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-145700_a11_e75
001-145700_a11_em131
MISC
QUASI
resign
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-145700_a11_e76
001-145700_a11_em132
MISC
QUASI
lucrative positions
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e28
001-145700_a11_em133
MISC
QUASI
early elections
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e68
001-145700_a11_em134
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Thiele
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e69
001-145700_a11_em135
DATETIME
QUASI
14 December 2005
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e65
001-145700_a11_em136
DEM
QUASI
journalist
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e68
001-145700_a11_em137
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Thiele
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em138
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e15
001-145700_a11_em139
ORG
QUASI
Bild
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e68
001-145700_a11_em140
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Thiele
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e77
001-145700_a11_em141
DATETIME
QUASI
12 December 2005
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e15
001-145700_a11_em142
ORG
QUASI
Bild
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e54
001-145700_a11_em143
MISC
QUASI
pipeline
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em144
PERSON
QUASI
Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e51
001-145700_a11_em145
DEM
QUASI
Russian
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-145700_a11_e14
001-145700_a11_em146
MISC
QUASI
newspaper
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e51
001-145700_a11_em147
DEM
QUASI
Russian
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em148
PERSON
QUASI
Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e21
001-145700_a11_em149
MISC
QUASI
Chancellor
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e51
001-145700_a11_em150
DEM
QUASI
Russian
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-145700_a11_e53
001-145700_a11_em151
MISC
QUASI
gas
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em152
PERSON
QUASI
Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e78
001-145700_a11_em153
QUANTITY
QUASI
four-billion-euro
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e53
001-145700_a11_em154
MISC
QUASI
gas
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e54
001-145700_a11_em155
MISC
QUASI
pipeline
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e73
001-145700_a11_em156
LOC
QUASI
Russia
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e2
001-145700_a11_em157
ORG
NO_MASK
Germany
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e21
001-145700_a11_em158
MISC
QUASI
Chancellor
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-145700_a11_e79
001-145700_a11_em159
LOC
NO_MASK
Lower Saxony
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-145700_a11_e80
001-145700_a11_em160
MISC
QUASI
Prime Minister
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e81
001-145700_a11_em161
PERSON
QUASI
Christian Wulff
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e42
001-145700_a11_em162
ORG
QUASI
CDU
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em163
PERSON
QUASI
Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-145700_a11_e48
001-145700_a11_em164
ORG
QUASI
NEGP
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e51
001-145700_a11_em165
DEM
QUASI
Russian
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e81
001-145700_a11_em166
PERSON
QUASI
001-145700_a11_em161
Wulff
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-145700_a11_e15
001-145700_a11_em167
ORG
QUASI
Bild
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em168
PERSON
QUASI
Gerhard Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e2
001-145700_a11_em169
LOC
NO_MASK
Germany
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em170
PERSON
QUASI
Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e82
001-145700_a11_em171
DATETIME
NO_MASK
may
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e54
001-145700_a11_em172
MISC
QUASI
pipeline
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em173
PERSON
QUASI
Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em174
PERSON
QUASI
Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e32
001-145700_a11_em175
ORG
NO_MASK
government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e83
001-145700_a11_em176
DATETIME
NO_MASK
this year
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e54
001-145700_a11_em177
MISC
QUASI
pipeline
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e50
001-145700_a11_em178
LOC
QUASI
Switzerland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e21
001-145700_a11_em179
MISC
QUASI
Chancellor
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em180
PERSON
QUASI
Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e84
001-145700_a11_em181
QUANTITY
QUASI
more than a million dollars
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e53
001-145700_a11_em182
MISC
QUASI
gas
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e70
001-145700_a11_em183
MISC
QUASI
Russians
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e51
001-145700_a11_em184
DEM
QUASI
Russian
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e85
001-145700_a11_em185
ORG
QUASI
Northgas
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-145700_a11_e52
001-145700_a11_em186
ORG
QUASI
Gazprom
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e86
001-145700_a11_em187
QUANTITY
QUASI
seven million dollars
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em188
PERSON
QUASI
Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-145700_a11_e87
001-145700_a11_em189
MISC
QUASI
German-Russian
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e5
001-145700_a11_em190
ORG
NO_MASK
Government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e88
001-145700_a11_em191
DATETIME
NO_MASK
11 April
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e51
001-145700_a11_em192
DEM
QUASI
Russian
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e52
001-145700_a11_em193
ORG
QUASI
Gazprom
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e4
001-145700_a11_em194
DEM
NO_MASK
German
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e57
001-145700_a11_em195
ORG
QUASI
BASF
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e89
001-145700_a11_em196
LOC
NO_MASK
Hanover
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e51
001-145700_a11_em197
DEM
QUASI
Russian
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e53
001-145700_a11_em198
MISC
QUASI
gas
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em199
PERSON
QUASI
Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e51
001-145700_a11_em200
DEM
QUASI
Russian
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e58
001-145700_a11_em201
PERSON
QUASI
Vladimir Putin
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e32
001-145700_a11_em202
ORG
NO_MASK
government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em203
PERSON
QUASI
Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e53
001-145700_a11_em204
MISC
QUASI
gas
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e90
001-145700_a11_em205
DATETIME
NO_MASK
six weeks
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e28
001-145700_a11_em206
MISC
QUASI
early elections
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e67
001-145700_a11_em207
ORG
QUASI
FDP
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e25
001-145700_a11_em208
MISC
QUASI
parliamentary
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e68
001-145700_a11_em209
PERSON
QUASI
Carl-Ludwig Thiele
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-145700_a11_e91
001-145700_a11_em210
PERSON
QUASI
Thiele
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em211
PERSON
QUASI
Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e75
001-145700_a11_em212
MISC
QUASI
resign
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e76
001-145700_a11_em213
MISC
QUASI
lucrative positions
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e28
001-145700_a11_em214
MISC
QUASI
early elections
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e72
001-145700_a11_em215
MISC
QUASI
early election gambit
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e92
001-145700_a11_em216
PERSON
QUASI
Peter Ramsauer
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e43
001-145700_a11_em217
ORG
QUASI
CSU
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e25
001-145700_a11_em218
MISC
QUASI
parliamentary
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e29
001-145700_a11_em219
ORG
QUASI
Bundestag
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em220
PERSON
QUASI
Gerhard Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e21
001-145700_a11_em221
MISC
QUASI
Chancellor
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e93
001-145700_a11_em222
DATETIME
NO_MASK
three weeks ago
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e42
001-145700_a11_em223
ORG
QUASI
CDU
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e25
001-145700_a11_em224
MISC
QUASI
parliamentary
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e94
001-145700_a11_em225
PERSON
QUASI
Wolfgang Bosbach
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em226
PERSON
QUASI
Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e41
001-145700_a11_em227
ORG
QUASI
Greens
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e25
001-145700_a11_em228
MISC
QUASI
parliamentary
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e95
001-145700_a11_em229
PERSON
QUASI
Matthias Berninger
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em230
PERSON
QUASI
Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em231
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e48
001-145700_a11_em232
ORG
QUASI
NEGP
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e96
001-145700_a11_em233
ORG
NO_MASK
State Security Ministry
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-145700_a11_e97
001-145700_a11_em234
ORG
QUASI
German Democratic Republic
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e58
001-145700_a11_em235
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Putin
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em236
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e98
001-145700_a11_em237
ORG
NO_MASK
supervisory board
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e99
001-145700_a11_em238
ORG
NO_MASK
German Parliament
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e100
001-145700_a11_em239
DATETIME
QUASI
15 December 2005
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-145700_a11_e101
001-145700_a11_em240
ORG
QUASI
Focus magazine
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-145700_a11_e102
001-145700_a11_em241
CODE
QUASI
50/2005
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e77
001-145700_a11_em242
DATETIME
QUASI
12 December 2005
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e65
001-145700_a11_em243
DEM
QUASI
journalist
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em244
PERSON
QUASI
Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e32
001-145700_a11_em245
ORG
NO_MASK
government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e103
001-145700_a11_em246
DATETIME
QUASI
August 2005
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e60
001-145700_a11_em247
LOC
QUASI
Moscow
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e52
001-145700_a11_em248
ORG
QUASI
Gazprom
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em249
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e32
001-145700_a11_em250
ORG
NO_MASK
government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e104
001-145700_a11_em251
DATETIME
QUASI
April 2006
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e105
001-145700_a11_em252
DATETIME
QUASI
late October 2005
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e32
001-145700_a11_em253
ORG
NO_MASK
government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e32
001-145700_a11_em254
ORG
NO_MASK
government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e44
001-145700_a11_em255
PERSON
QUASI
Ms Merkel
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e21
001-145700_a11_em256
MISC
QUASI
Chancellor
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e106
001-145700_a11_em257
ORG
NO_MASK
German government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e107
001-145700_a11_em258
QUANTITY
QUASI
one billion euros
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e4
001-145700_a11_em259
DEM
NO_MASK
German
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e52
001-145700_a11_em260
ORG
QUASI
Gazprom
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-145700_a11_e54
001-145700_a11_em261
MISC
QUASI
pipeline
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em262
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e52
001-145700_a11_em263
ORG
QUASI
Gazprom
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e108
001-145700_a11_em264
DATETIME
QUASI
2006
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em265
PERSON
QUASI
Gerhard Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e109
001-145700_a11_em266
ORG
QUASI
Hamburg Regional Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e91
001-145700_a11_em267
PERSON
QUASI
Thiele
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em268
PERSON
QUASI
Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e75
001-145700_a11_em269
MISC
QUASI
resign
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e76
001-145700_a11_em270
MISC
QUASI
lucrative positions
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e28
001-145700_a11_em271
MISC
QUASI
early elections
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-145700_a11_e109
001-145700_a11_em272
ORG
NO_MASK
001-145700_a11_em266
Regional Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e110
001-145700_a11_em273
DATETIME
QUASI
24 June 2005
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e109
001-145700_a11_em274
ORG
NO_MASK
Regional Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e14
001-145700_a11_em275
MISC
QUASI
newspaper
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-145700_a11_e111
001-145700_a11_em276
ORG
NO_MASK
regional court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em277
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e112
001-145700_a11_em278
ORG
NO_MASK
Court of Appeal
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e113
001-145700_a11_em279
DATETIME
QUASI
8 April 2008
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e114
001-145700_a11_em280
ORG
QUASI
Hamburg Court of Appeal
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e109
001-145700_a11_em281
ORG
NO_MASK
Regional Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e14
001-145700_a11_em282
MISC
QUASI
newspaper
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e21
001-145700_a11_em283
MISC
QUASI
Chancellor
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em284
PERSON
QUASI
Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e25
001-145700_a11_em285
MISC
QUASI
parliamentary
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e112
001-145700_a11_em286
ORG
NO_MASK
Court of Appeal
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e109
001-145700_a11_em287
ORG
NO_MASK
Regional Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e112
001-145700_a11_em288
ORG
NO_MASK
Court of Appeal
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e68
001-145700_a11_em289
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Thiele
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em290
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e51
001-145700_a11_em291
DEM
QUASI
Russian
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e115
001-145700_a11_em292
PERSON
QUASI
Putin
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e116
001-145700_a11_em293
DATETIME
QUASI
April 2005
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e21
001-145700_a11_em294
MISC
QUASI
Chancellor
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em295
PERSON
QUASI
Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e52
001-145700_a11_em296
ORG
QUASI
Gazprom
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em297
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-145700_a11_e117
001-145700_a11_em298
ORG
QUASI
North Rhine-Westphalia
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e21
001-145700_a11_em299
MISC
QUASI
Chancellor
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-145700_a11_e72
001-145700_a11_em300
MISC
QUASI
early election gambit
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e112
001-145700_a11_em301
ORG
NO_MASK
Court of Appeal
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em302
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e21
001-145700_a11_em303
MISC
QUASI
Chancellor
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e28
001-145700_a11_em304
MISC
QUASI
early elections
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e21
001-145700_a11_em305
MISC
QUASI
Chancellor
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e112
001-145700_a11_em306
ORG
NO_MASK
Court of Appeal
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e112
001-145700_a11_em307
ORG
NO_MASK
Court of Appeal
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e112
001-145700_a11_em308
ORG
NO_MASK
Court of Appeal
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em309
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e54
001-145700_a11_em310
MISC
QUASI
pipeline
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e21
001-145700_a11_em311
MISC
QUASI
Chancellor
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e115
001-145700_a11_em312
PERSON
QUASI
Putin
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e56
001-145700_a11_em313
DATETIME
QUASI
11 April 2005
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e51
001-145700_a11_em314
DEM
QUASI
Russian
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e4
001-145700_a11_em315
DEM
NO_MASK
German
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e28
001-145700_a11_em316
MISC
QUASI
early elections
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e17
001-145700_a11_em317
MISC
QUASI
party
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e117
001-145700_a11_em318
LOC
QUASI
North Rhine-Westphalia
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e21
001-145700_a11_em319
MISC
QUASI
Chancellor
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e112
001-145700_a11_em320
ORG
NO_MASK
Court of Appeal
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e28
001-145700_a11_em321
MISC
QUASI
early elections
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e21
001-145700_a11_em322
MISC
QUASI
Chancellor
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em323
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e52
001-145700_a11_em324
ORG
QUASI
Gazprom
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e112
001-145700_a11_em325
ORG
NO_MASK
Court of Appeal
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em326
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e112
001-145700_a11_em327
ORG
NO_MASK
Court of Appeal
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e112
001-145700_a11_em328
ORG
NO_MASK
Court of Appeal
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e112
001-145700_a11_em329
ORG
NO_MASK
Court of Appeal
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-145700_a11_e112
001-145700_a11_em330
ORG
NO_MASK
Court of Appeal
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e74
001-145700_a11_em331
DATETIME
NO_MASK
May
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e117
001-145700_a11_em332
LOC
QUASI
North Rhine-Westphalia
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e32
001-145700_a11_em333
ORG
NO_MASK
government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e28
001-145700_a11_em334
MISC
QUASI
early elections
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e21
001-145700_a11_em335
MISC
QUASI
Chancellor
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em336
PERSON
QUASI
Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e112
001-145700_a11_em337
ORG
NO_MASK
Court of Appeal
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em338
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e28
001-145700_a11_em339
MISC
QUASI
early elections
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e112
001-145700_a11_em340
ORG
NO_MASK
Court of Appeal
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e112
001-145700_a11_em341
ORG
NO_MASK
Court of Appeal
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em342
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e112
001-145700_a11_em343
ORG
NO_MASK
Court of Appeal
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e50
001-145700_a11_em344
LOC
QUASI
Switzerland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em345
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e21
001-145700_a11_em346
MISC
QUASI
Chancellor
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e112
001-145700_a11_em347
ORG
NO_MASK
Court of Appeal
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e22
001-145700_a11_em348
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Schröder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e112
001-145700_a11_em349
ORG
NO_MASK
Court of Appeal
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e112
001-145700_a11_em350
ORG
NO_MASK
Court of Appeal
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e118
001-145700_a11_em351
ORG
NO_MASK
Federal Court of Justice
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e119
001-145700_a11_em352
DATETIME
QUASI
13 January 2009
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e118
001-145700_a11_em353
ORG
NO_MASK
Federal Court of Justice
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e36
001-145700_a11_em354
ORG
NO_MASK
Federal Constitutional Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e120
001-145700_a11_em355
DATETIME
QUASI
18 February 2010
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-145700_a11_e36
001-145700_a11_em356
ORG
NO_MASK
Federal Constitutional Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-145700_a11_e121
001-145700_a11_em357
CODE
DIRECT
368/09
Axel Springer AG
DEU
CHAMBER
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