Schroeder party takes new beating in state election
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's ruling Social Democrats took a new beating at the polls as voters in the tiny state of Saarland sent them plunging to their worst showing there in four decades.
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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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Voting is under way in elections in the German state of Saarland, with polls predicting another big defeat for the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
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Germany's main neo-Nazi party made inroads in regional elections in Chancellor Angela Merkel's home state while her conservatives suffered a crushing defeat in the capital, results have shown.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democrats slumped to their worst result in 44 years in the western state of Saarland on Sunday as voters punished the party for its painful economic reforms.
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Germany's ruling CDU party faces a stiff challenge in state elections, as support for its contentious candidate falls.
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German voters handed Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder a fresh setback in elections in the small western state of Saarland today, reflecting public anger over his drive to cut into the country - s cherished network ...
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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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BERLIN : Voting got off to a slow start in a traditional stronghold of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats (SPD) which faced its last test at the ballot box this year.
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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 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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Election gains made by German far-right parties have been described as a &quot;catastrophe&quot; by some politicians. The National Democratic Party (NPD), once compared to Hitler&#39;s Nazi party, achieved its best result since 1969 by winning 9% of the vote in Saxony.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democratic Party is likely to lose elections in four of Germany&#39;s 16 states this month as voters protest welfare cuts and rising unemployment, according to opinion polls.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s party has halted an 18-month run of poll disasters by avoiding a fresh slump in local elections on Sunday, but will still need to make giant leaps to win a third term in 2006.
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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 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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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.