Major German parties suffer loss in parliamentary elections in two ...
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Germany&#39;s major parties Sunday saw their popularity decline in local parliament elections in the two eastern states of Sachsen and Brandenburg.
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Parties on the far right and left made gains in two state elections Sunday in Germany, with voters delivering a rebuke to Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democrats as he tries to rein in German welfare programs.
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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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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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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party appeared to have lost a key state election Sunday after a bitterly divisive campaign dominated by crime and immigration, exit polls indicated.
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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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DRESDEN, Germany  - Germany faced a surge of  far-right parties in eastern state elections, worrying about  their rise and the ensuing damage to the country's image.
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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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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives suffered heavy losses in a key state Sunday, in a significant setback for her authority ahead of national elections next year.
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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 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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Voting is under way in elections in the German state of Saarland, with polls predicting another big defeat for the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
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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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State elections in the former East Germany are expected to see a resurgence by far right parties.
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BERLIN - Voters in two states in what was East Germany are expressing their discontent with the dominant political parties in Germany by endorsing radical right-wing and former communist parties in state elections, exit polls suggest.
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Germany&#39;s Social Democrat chancellor, Gerhard SchrÃ¶der, suffered a humiliating election defeat in the party&#39;s traditional stronghold yesterday.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced tough questions Monday after her conservatives suffered heavy losses in a key state election as voters spurned a hardline campaign on crime and immigration.