Polls: Big Parties Lose Ground in Germany
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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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DRESDEN, Germany  - German far-right parties  surged in eastern state elections on 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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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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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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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democratic Party lost support in two state elections in the east of the country as voters facing benefit cuts turned to groups with socialist and nationalist agendas.
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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 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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Germany woke up to fears that the political tremors sparked by state elections in Saxony and Brandenburg on Sunday could lead to deeper division within their country and scare off investors.
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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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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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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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"A loss in Hesse would be bad for morale for the CDU nationally and for Merkel"  By Madeline ChambersBERLIN  - 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.Senior CDU figures are fighting to hold on to power in both states but the race is especially tight in Hesse, home to the financial capital of Frankfurt, where Merkel ally Roland Koch has run a divisive campaign focused on crime and immigration.Koch's battle has ratcheted up tensions in Merkel's fractious national coalition with the Social Democrats (SPD). A strong SPD showing in Hesse could mean a further deterioration in relations and policy gridlock. Read more
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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's image.
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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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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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BERLIN Extremist parties that tapped into East German resentment over high unemployment and unpopular economic reforms made big gains Sunday in regional elections in two German states, according to two exit polls.
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Local election results in Germany&#39;s most populous state indicate another setback for Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder - but the decline has slowed.