Far right wins seats in German state assembly
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SCHWERIN, Germany  - A far-right party won seats   in a regional parliament in eastern Germany on Sunday,   profiting from a weak economy there and mounting anger toward   Chancellor Angela Merkel's government in Berlin.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats suffered fresh losses in elections in two former communist states as parties from the extreme right and far left posted strong gains.
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France's far-right National Front significantly influences French politics despite trailing in the polls.
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BERLIN - Voters in two states in Germanyâs ex-communist east go to the polls on Sunday, expected to hand bitter losses to Chancellor Gerhard Schroederâs Social Democrats and strong gains to far-right parties.
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World News - Far-right parties have made gains in eastern Germany, poll projections show. The National Democratic Party and the German People&#39;s Union are set to earn assembly seats by polling 9% in Saxony and 6% in Brandenburg respectively.
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Germany's governing Social Democrats avoided major losses in local elections Sunday in the country's most populous state, while the conservative opposition lost votes but stayed well ahead in a traditional ...
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DRESDEN, Germany  - Germany faced a surge of  far-right parties in eastern state elections, worrying about  their rise and the ensuing damage to the country's image.
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Germany&#39;s most overtly neo-Nazi party secured a footing in a regional parliament yesterday for the first time in more than a generation.
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Voters in two east German states angry over high unemployment and cuts in social programs handed a rebuke Sunday to Germany's two biggest parties, giving big gains to far right and former Communist groups, projections showed.
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DRESDEN, Germany  - German far-right parties  surged in eastern state elections Sunday, riding public anger  against government welfare cuts and fanning fears among  mainstream parties that the country's image could suffer.
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State elections in the former East Germany are expected to see a resurgence by far right parties.
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Ahead of this weekend&#39;s elections in the eastern German states of Brandenburg and Saxony, leading politicians have been calling for voters to turn out and cast their ballots against far right parties.
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East Germans gave a strong boost to far-right groups and the former communists in two state elections, punishing the countryâs biggest mainstream parties for the regionâs high unemployment and cuts in social programs.
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A neo-Nazi party has embarrassed the German government by winning parliamentary seats in Chancellor Angela Merkel's home state.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s party has vowed again to stick to its hated economic reforms despite Sunday&#39;s election rout in the state of Saarland where the far-right National Democratic Party emerged as the strongest gainer.
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Germany's governing Social Democrats avoided major losses in local elections Sunday in the country's most populous state, while the conservative opposition lost votes but stayed well ahead in a traditional stronghold for Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's party, exit polls indicated.
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Two main parties suffer drop in votes, while far-right group surpasses 3% and enters parliament.