Far Right, Left Gain in German State Elections
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Exit polls from two German states show Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s ruling Social Democrats lost significant support in Sunday elections to far right and left wing parties.
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The gains made by parties of the extreme right and left in elections in two eastern German states on Sunday spark much negative comment in regional and national papers.
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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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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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POTSDAM, Germany  - In Germany's summer of discontent over social welfare cuts, parties on the extremes of the political spectrum are finding voters easy prey for two state elections in the formerly communist east this weekend.
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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&#39;s image could suffer.
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BERLIN Sept. 19, 2004 - Voters in two struggling east German states had a chance to voice their discontent Sunday over high unemployment and social welfare cuts in elections expected to give a boost to extreme-right and left-wing parties.
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Voters in two states in what was East Germany are expressing their discontent with the dominant political parties in Germany by endorsing radical right-wing and former communist parties in state elections, exit ...
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Far-right parties made their strongest showing in six years in German state elections on Sunday, as voters reacted against the governing Social Democratic Party after sharp cutbacks in welfare benefits.
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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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Voters dealt German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives a bitter blow in Berlin in regional elections which saw the neo-Nazis make a stunning breakthrough in her home state.
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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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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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Far-right parties made their strongest showing in six years in German state elections on Sunday, as voters reacted against Chancellor Gerhard SchrÃ¶der&#39;s governing party after sharp cutbacks in welfare benefits.
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State elections in the former East Germany on Sunday are expected to see a resurgence of the far right.
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Germany faced a surge of far-right parties in eastern state elections, worrying about their rise and the ensuing damage to the country&#39;s image.
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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.