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Gerhard Schröder has just managed to hold on to his job as German chancellor, after one of the most closely fought elections since 1945. But a quarrel with the United States has tarnished his victory. Moreover, even Mr Schröder has had to concede that, within Germany itself, there are hard times ahead It's downhill from here FOR Gerhard Schröder, the next election campaign starts now. That might seem an odd assessment of the German chancellor’s election victory. He has, after all, managed to secure a second four-year term for the ruling coalition of his own Social Democratic Party (SPD) and...