Nationalists Win Big in Swiss Election
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The nationalist Swiss People's Party received the highest vote ever recorded for an individual political party in Switzerland after a bitter campaign blaming foreigners for much of the country's crime, ... via Guardian Unlimited
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Austria's opposition Social Democrats won nationwide elections on Sunday, the government said, swinging the country to the center-left after more than six years of influence by the extreme right.
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Namibia's ruling SWAPO party scored an  overwhelming victory in official election results on Sunday,  bolstering the former guerrilla movement as it grapples with  sensitive issues such as land reform.
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GENEVA - Voters in Switzerland - where more than one in five is a foreigner - rejected proposals to liberalize tough rules on citizenship in a national referendum Sunday.    In an outcome revealing the deep divide between the country's French- and more conservative German-speaking regions, two government-backed plans failed to win support in a majority of the Alpine country's 26 cantons, or states, official results showed by early afternoon...
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France is set to elect a new National Assembly, with a big win predicted for President Nicolas Sarkozy's party.
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Austrians vote Sunday in national elections that could swing the alpine nation back to the political center after more than six years of influence by the extreme right.
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Switzerland on Sunday held the final day of a legislative election which could see the far-right Swiss People's Party strengthen its place as the leading party.
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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.
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Electoral officials in Bosnia-Herzegovina say initial results from Saturday&#39;s municipal elections indicate a strong showing for Croat, Muslim and Serb nationalists.
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A nationalist party rode an anti-immigrant wave Sunday to the best showing of any party in parliamentary elections since World War I, while the Greens made gains by appealing to environmental concerns, according to partial results and projections.
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TAIPEI, Jan. 12 -- The opposition Nationalist party scored an overwhelming victory in Taiwan's legislative elections Saturday in a repudiation of President Chen Shui-bian's confrontational drive to push this self-ruled island along the road toward formal independence.
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Â·  Early election a response to military pressure Â·  Ultra-nationalists enter parliament with 15%
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RACIST ELECTION POSTER - A white sheep ("pure Swiss") kicks a black sheep ("foreigner") - the caption below reads, "Create safety - vote Swiss Populist Party (SVP)" ZÃRICH (Der Spiegel) - The populist Christoph Blocher has dominated the Swiss government for four years while also managing the odd trick of seeming to lead the opposition. ow Switzerland has experienced its dirtiest campaign in history, featuring xenophobia and street violence - and it all revolves around Blocher.
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Swiss voters rejected proposals on Sunday to make it easier for the children and grandchildren of immigrants to get Swiss passports, a victory for the nation&#39;s right wing.
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Swiss voters were set to reject plans to loosen the country's tough rules on naturalizing foreigners, according to initial results in a national referendum Sunday.
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Germany&#39;s far-right parties have recorded their best electoral results in six years as they and the ex-communists profited from discontent over Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s reforms, TV exit polls say.
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A nationalist politician whose anti-immigrant positions angered coalition partners was voted out of the Swiss Cabinet on Wednesday in a rare political shakeup for Switzerland.