German leader's party loses local polls but halts electoral slide
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats lost local elections in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia but appeared to have halted their recent slide at the ballot box.
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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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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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Members of Germany's opposition Green party instructed their leaders at a party congress over the weekend to withdraw their support for the German military engagement in Afghanistan.While the decision cannot actually affect Germany's current foreign policy -- since Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government does not need opposition votes for a renewal of the troop's mandate next month -- it is indicative of the deep split which has developed within the Greens.
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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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BERLIN Sept. 5, 2004 - Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s party was routed in elections Sunday in the small western state of Saarland, where public anger over his cuts in social programs also boosted a small
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A neo-Nazi party has embarrassed the German government by winning parliamentary seats in Chancellor Angela Merkel's home state.
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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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Voting is under way in the German state of Saarland, with polls predicting another  defeat for the Social Democrats.
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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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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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Following are tables showing the provisional final results of yesterday&#39;s regional elections in the eastern German states of Saxony and Brandenburg.
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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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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats suffered a new beating at the polls scoring around 30 percent in elections in the German state of Saarland, according to exit polls.
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's party was routed in elections Sunday in the small western state of Saarland, where public anger over his cuts in social programs also boosted a small far-right party that ...
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder'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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Early results from Poland's local elections indicate the governing party has lost Warsaw.