Rightists Make Strong Strides in Eastern German State Elections
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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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VILNIUS : The upstart party of a Russian-born tycoon and right-wing opposition parties were neck-and-neck in Lithuania's parliamentary elections, almost complete results showed.
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Germany's far-right looks set to enter parliament in an eastern state after voters go to the polls in regional elections.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats suffered fresh losses in elections in two former communist states as parties from the extreme right and far left posted strong gains.
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Germany's far right looks set to win   seats in a 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 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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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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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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NEO-Nazis and ex-communist parties were celebrating astonishing victories yesterday in Germany after voters continued to punish Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder for his unpopular economic reform program.
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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 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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VILNIUS : The upstart party of a Russian-born tycoon and right-wing opposition parties were neck-and-neck in Lithuania's parliamentary elections, near complete results showed, with the ruling leftist coalition ...
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Germany's governing Social Democrats emerged from local elections in the country's most populous state Sunday trailing well behind the conservative opposition in projections, but party leaders were relieved they avoided major new losses.
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BERLIN Sept. 19, 2004 - Voters in two east German states angry over high unemployment handed a rebuke Sunday to Germany&#39;s two biggest parties, giving big gains to far right and former Communist groups, television projections showed.
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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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A party that openly espouses xenophobic and neo-Nazi views made further inroads in a regional election.
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Germany's far right has surged in regional elections in the former east amid high unemployment and unpopular labour reforms but the gains are unlikely to turn into national election success, analysts say.