The end for Kohl's heir-apparent

摘要

He Clung on as long as he could, but in the end he had to go. Sucked ever deeper into the mire of lies and deceit surrounding the Christian Democrats' financing scandal, Wolfgang Schauble, the party leader, announced on February 16th his long-predicted, but never-quite-expected, decision to step down as party chairman. "This situation cannot go on," he said. "We need a new beginning."