Right likely to lose power in Austria
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Austrians vote Sunday in national elections that could swing the alpine nation back to the political center after more than six years of influence by the extreme right.
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Business & money: Government could face defeat in House of Lords in row over lost pensions.
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Germany's far-right is expected to profit from discontent over Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's welfare cuts and low voter turnout in elections in two eastern states today.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives suffered heavy losses in a key state Sunday, in a significant setback for her authority ahead of national elections next year.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democratic Party is likely to lose elections in four of Germany&#39;s 16 states this month as voters protest welfare cuts and rising unemployment, according to opinion polls.
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Newspapers in Slovenia are nervous after the shock election defeat of Prime Minister Anton Rop&#39;s leftist government. It is thought likely that Janez Jansa&#39;s centre-right Slovene Democratic Party will form
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Plans to end the automatic right of royal male heirs to succeed to the throne are debated by peers.
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Germany&#39;s two major political parties are bracing for heavy losses in Sunday&#39;s legislative elections in two former communist states.
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French President Jacques Chirac's ruling UMP party risks losing its outright majority in the upper house of parliament, the Senate, when a third of its seats are renewed in elections Sunday.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany may call a vote of confidence in his government after heavy losses in local elections and an appeal by the president for parliament to consider his position.
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Australia's conservative prime minister, John Howard, not only faces defeat at elections later this year but both he and heir apparent Peter Costello could lose their seats in parliament, a new poll analysis found on Monday.
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Comment on the German mainstream parties' latest electoral setback in two eastern states provides one of the main topics in today's European dailies. In France, President Jacques Chirac and three new-found allies earn brownie points.
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The Czech Republic's rightist minority  government is likely to lose a confidence vote in parliament  this week, nudging the EU member closer to an interim  administration followed by early elections.
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President Vladimir Putin is widely expected to give up office next year as dictated by the constitution. But will he give up power?
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There will be a shift of power on the French right this weekend which could mark the beginning of the end of the Chirac era in French politics.
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Germans on the dole might be forced to  give up anything more than the most modest of cars to help  support themselves if a plan by conservative political leaders  is approved, German media reported on Wednesday.
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By Tom ArmitageBERLIN - Germany's far right looks set to win seats in its third regional parliament on Sunday as discontent with Chancellor Angela Merkel's national government and depressed conditions in the ...