A warning vote in Germany
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Germany and before that West Germany seemed so stable and democratic it might have been too easy to take that state of affairs for granted.
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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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Voters in two western German states go  to the polls on Sunday in a test for German Chancellor Angela  Merkel and her conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) before  next year's federal election.
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NEO-NAZI parties made sweeping gains in vital regional elections in Germany last night to further tarnish the countryâs image and plunge Chancellor Gerhard SchrÃ¶derâs ruling coalition party into fresh crisis.
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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 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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Early results of a local election in Germany show the country&#39;s ruling Social Democratic party appears to have avoided a major defeat following a string of recent electoral losses.
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Voting is under way in the German state of Saarland, with polls predicting another  defeat for the Social Democrats.
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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 living abroad face an unwieldy system of absentee balloting that could prevent their votes from being counted.
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Germany's far-right is expected to profit from discontent over Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's welfare cuts in elections in two eastern states on Sunday that observers fear will damage the country's image.
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Germany's far-right looks set to enter parliament in an eastern state as voters go to the polls in regional elections.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party appeared to have lost a key state election Sunday after a bitterly divisive campaign dominated by crime and immigration, exit polls indicated.
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Unreliable electronic voting systems could undermine UK democracy warns a report
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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 into the country's cherished network ...
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BERLIN Chancellor Gerhard SchrÃ¶der of Germany suffered stinging losses Sunday in the first of several regional elections whose outcome will influence his hope of re-election in two years&#39; time.
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Voting started in two western German  states on Sunday in elections widely seen as a test for  Chancellor Angela Merkel and her conservative Christian  Democrats (CDU) before next year's federal vote.