Germans angry over cuts to unemployment benefits
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With jobs scarce, the economy stagnant and cherished social programs chopped, a surprising number of Germans have reached the same conclusion: that 15 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall became an ...
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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 ...
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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.
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Tens of thousands of Germans are expected on the streets of Berlin today for the latest of a series of demonstration which the organisers say will continue until the government withdraws its plans to cut social benefit payments.
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The number of people looking for work in Germany, the biggest eurozone economy, fell by about 90,000 to 4.257 million -- or 10.3 percent of the workforce -- in September, the Federal Labour Agency announced.
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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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Thousands of German workers took part in protests Tuesday against a government plan to raise the retirement age to 67, the country's biggest industrial union said.
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A fresh round of mass demonstrations over proposed cuts in welfare spending is set to take place in Germany.
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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
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At least 70,000 people took to the streets in Germany in what have become regular weekly demonstrations against government labour market and social security reform plans, organisers said.
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German and French leaders raise fears  over the impact of job cuts at Airbus before a key summit on Friday.
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Germany's far-right is expected to profit from discontent over Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's welfare cuts and low voter turnout in elections in two eastern states today.
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Protesters angered by the German government&#39;s labor market reforms pelted Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder with eggs on Tuesday. Schroeder was visiting the eastern town of Wittenberge
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Thousands of German workers took part in protests Tuesday against a government plan to raise the retirement age to 67, the country's biggest industrial union said.Comment
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The decision of the Polish parliament on Friday to demand reparations from Germany for World War II draws dismay from German lawmakers.
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BERLIN, Jan 2  German labour offices are bracing for protests and possible violence tomorrow when jobless benefit cuts are enacted, the most sweeping and controversial post-war reforms that are ...
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Voters in two east German states angry over high unemployment and cuts in social programs handed a rebuke Sunday to Germany's two biggest parties, giving big gains to far right and former Communist groups, projections showed.