Schroeder's Party Trails Main Opposition by Three Points, Stern Poll Shows
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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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BERLIN : Fringe parties including the far-right made strong gains in two former communist eastern states as voters dealt fresh electoral blows to German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democrats amid ire over his economic reforms.
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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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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 benefited from the national mood of protest.
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By Tom ArmitageBERLIN - 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 ...
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Chancellor Schroeder's SPD loses local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, but avoids a major slump.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s party has vowed again to stick to its hated economic reforms despite Sunday&#39;s election rout in the state of Saarland where the far-right National Democratic Party emerged as the strongest gainer.
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BERLIN - Germanyâs governing Social Democrats avoided major losses in local elections Sunday in the countryâs most populous state, while the conservative opposition lost votes but stayed well ahead in a traditional stronghold for Chancellor Gerhard
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BERLIN - Germany&#39;s governing Social Democrats emerged from local elections in the country&#39;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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It was a typical campaign stop for Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder ahead of three crucial state elections this month: A cacophony of boos, catcalls and shrill whistles, signs reading "Schroeder Must Go!" and an egg thrown from the crowd that just missed splattering his crisp dark suit.
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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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Exit polls say German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democrats have been defeated in a local election in the western state of Saarland.
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The far right Swiss People's Party was on course for a clear lead in Switzerland's general election Sunday while the Socialists suffered a major setback, according to a state television estimate.
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Germany&#39;s mainstream political parties were sharply rebuffed yesterday when voters in two regional elections in formerly communist East Germany handed extremists their best results in years.
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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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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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BERLIN - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democrat Party (SPD) have seized on regional elections in the nation&#39;s biggest state as a sign of a turnaround in the party&#39;s political fortunes.