German fringe parties make gains
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Parties on the far right and left made gains in two state elections Sunday in Germany, with voters delivering a rebuke to Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democrats as he tries to rein in German welfare programs.
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German voters dealt Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives a bitter blow in regional elections in Berlin while a neo-Nazi party made a stunning breakthrough in her home state.
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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 east push voters to the fringes.
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A neo-Nazi party nudges ahead of the Social Democrats in east Germany, rekindling the debate about far right extremists.
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East Germans gave a strong boost to right wing extremists and the former communists in two state elections, punishing the countryâs biggest mainstream parties for the regionâs high unemployment and cuts in social programmes.
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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 east push voters to the fringes.
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Neo-Nazi paramilitary groups have gained  strong footholds in economically depressed parts of Germany and  are gaining a voice through far-right political parties,  Germany's top Jewish body said on Wednesday.
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German gross domestic product grew unexpectedly strongly in the second half of last year.
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A day after far-right parties made striking gains in state elections in eastern Germany, political analysts cautioned against drawing parallels to the political extremism of the Weimar Republic.
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A far-right party won seats Sunday in a regional parliament in formerly communist east Germany, exploiting discontent in the region with the country's highest unemployment rate.
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Neo-Nazi parties took seats in German legislatures this week for the first time in 36 years.
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BERLIN - Germany&#39;s governing Social Democrats emerged from local elections in the country&#39;s most populous state Sunday trailing well behind the conservative opposition in projections, but party leaders were relieved they avoided major new losses.
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SCHWERIN, Germany  - A far-right anti-foreigner   party has embarrassed German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a   regional election in her home state and delivered a wake-up   call to her 10-month-old government.
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BERLIN : Germany&#39;s two main political parties wound up the losers in local elections at the weekend but Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democrats (SPD) have taken heart by avoiding a new rout.
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The German chancellor remains optimistic despite gains for the far right and ex-communists in the east.
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BERLIN Sept. 19, 2004 - Voters in two east German states angry over high unemployment handed a rebuke Sunday to Germany&#39;s two biggest parties, giving big gains to far right and former Communist groups, television projections showed.
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The dramatic surge in support for a neo-Nazi party and reformed communists in weekend state polls marks a voter drift to the extreme political fringes, an ominous trend just two weeks