Schroeder party vows not to buckle on reforms after election ...
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BERLIN : German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s party vowed to press on with its tough economic reform drive, despite a fresh state election rout that spells trouble for a string of further polls this month.
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"In areas where there are a high number of immigrants there must be clear rules and of course consequences if they are not respected"  By Noah BarkinBERLIN  - A top conservative from Chancellor Angela Merkel's party warned immigrants on Thursday they must adapt to the German way of life or face "consequences".Roland Koch, premier of the prosperous western state of Hesse, is focusing on law-and-order themes in a bid to win a third term in a regional vote this month.Koch outraged immigrant groups earlier this week when he accused foreigners of fuelling youth crime in Germany and he stepped up his rhetoric in top-selling conservative daily Bild. Read more
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Nicolas Sarkozy's party says it will press ahead with reforms, despite falling short of the landslide it predicted in parliamentary elections. Did you vote?
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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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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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The German chancellor, Gerhard SchrÃ¶der, suffered a setback yesterday as voters in a regional election punished the government for pushing through controversial welfare reforms that have sparked weeks of street protests.
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Germany&#39;s mainstream political parties were sharply rebuffed yesterday when voters in two regional elections in formerly communist East Germany handed extremists their best results in years.
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Germany&#39;s far-right parties have recorded their best electoral results in six years as they and the ex-communists profited from discontent over Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s reforms, TV exit polls say.
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A leftist party vowing to roll back  reforms won parliamentary elections in Slovakia, partial  results showed on Sunday, but faces a tough battle to form a  coalition government after failing to secure a majority.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, hit by a spate of midterm election defeats over his cutbacks in social welfare spending, is regaining his popularity in opinion polls after the re-election of President ...
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned of persistent economic risks due to global factors, and vowed Monday that Germany _ Europe's largest economy _ would keep to its agenda of reforms to tackle unemployment. via PR-inside.com
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BERLIN - Germanyâs governing Social Democrats avoided major losses in local elections Sunday in the countryâs most populous state, while the conservative opposition lost votes but stayed well ahead in a traditional stronghold for Chancellor Gerhard
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BERLIN - Germany&#39;s Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on Wednesday shrugged off protests against his labour-market reforms, saying they would take effect next 1 January &quot;on schedule&quot; and without further changes.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder s Social Democratic Party trails the main opposition parties by 3 percentage points, unchanged from a week ago, a Forsa poll for Stern magazine and RTL television found.
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BERLIN - Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democrats (SPD) face a fresh rout in polls in two ex-communist states, where ire over his economic reforms could drive German voters into the arms of extremists.
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German voters handed Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder a stinging defeat in elections Sunday in the small western state of Saarland, reflecting public anger over his drive to cut
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"They are split over whether to defend Schroeder's reform policies or move to the left. It is an extremely tough dilemma."  Nearly two years after Gerhard Schroeder exited the political stage, his Social Democrats are struggling to fill a void left by Germany's charismatic former leader and come to terms with his legacy of economic ... via Reuters UK