Ex-chancellor Schroeder's wife entering German politics

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder hugs his wife Doris Schroeder-Koepf (L) at the SPD party headquarters in Berlin in this September 18, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Christian Charisius WR/AA

BERLIN (Reuters) - Former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's wife said she is entering German politics and wants to win a regional state assembly seat next month to fight for pay equality but insisted she has no higher political aspirations.

Coming out of the shadows of her husband, who was chancellor from 1998 to 2005, Doris Schroeder-Koepf told Der Spiegel news magazine that she also wanted to focus on improving the integration of foreigners in her state of Lower Saxony.