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Reax to German government confidence vote + earlier voting

(16 Nov 2001) 1. Exterior Reichstag building (German Parliament) 2. Mid shot Reichstag 3. Interior mid shot plenary hall at the Reichstag 4. Parliament President Wolfgang Thierse enters 5. Mid shot German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer 6. Wide shot plenary meeting 7. SOUNDBITE: (German) Gerhard Schroeder, German Chancellor "For a decision of this dimension and of the possible following decisions the German Bundestag has to make, I'm strongly convinced that the chancellor and the government need the support of the majority of the coalition." 8. Parliamentarians clapping 9. Interior Minister Otto Schily and Foreign Minister Fischer 10. Pan of plenary hall 11. SOUNDBITE: (German) Friedrich Merz, Christian Democrats' parliamentary leader "The decision you, (SPD's Secretary-General Franz) Muentefering and Struck, want to force today will not be honest. If you get a majority together it will be only because you will to keep a hold on power." 12. Ministers clapping 13. SOUNDBITE: (German) Kerstin Mueller, Leader of the Green Party "My parliamentarians will vote after a long period of reflection with a majority for a participation of Germany to fight against terrorism with our military support." 14. Mid shot people voting 15. Close up Schroeder voting 16. Various of voting 17. SOUNDBITE: (German) Wolfgang Thierse, Parliament President, (announcing result) "666 is the total of votes, 336 lawmakers have voted with 'yes', 326 with 'no'." 18. People clapping 19. Schroeder and Fischer shake hands 20. Mid shot Christian Stroebele, Green Party 21. SOUNDBITE: (German) Christian Stroebele, Green Party "I voted 'no' but I'm content with the result. It shows the schizophrenic nature of the situation." 22. Cutaway media 23. SOUNDBITE: (German) Gerhard Schroeder, German Chancellor "I'm very happy that I can continue to work for Germany with the full support of the coalition and the support of our own majority. This was important to me because it shows that the coalition stays together in difficult situations and gives the government the ability to act, which the government needs in order to take decisions concerning the domestic and foreign policy." 24. Cutaway STORYLINE: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has won a vote of confidence in the lower house of parliament, securing a narrow majority that bolsters his coalition government and approves a German deployment in the U-S-led war on terrorism. Lawmakers voted 336-326 to back Schroeder's motion, which pledges 3-thousand-900 troops to the campaign. The governing coalition needed a majority of all lawmakers in the 666-seat legislature, 334 votes, to survive. The alliance of Schroeder's Social Democrats and the Green Party has 341 seats. Four lawmakers didn't vote. With some pacifists in his coalition stubbornly opposing what would be Germany's largest foray outside Europe since World War Two, Schroeder opted for the confidence vote - only the fourth in post-war Germany - rather than accepting approval of the deployment on the strength of opposition support. In a speech to the full parliament, Schroeder urged lawmakers in his coalition to back the military deployment, thereby reinforcing the government, in a signal to the world of Germany's reliability in the international fight against terrorism. The pledge doesn't involve ground troops or participation in air strikes. Schroeder's Social Democrats favoured new elections if Friday's vote failed. They complained that his gamble has harmed Germany's image abroad. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...