Schroeder faces new poll defeat
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Voting ends in the German state of Saarland, with exit polls predicting another  defeat for the Social Democrats.
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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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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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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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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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NEO-NAZI parties made sweeping gains in vital regional elections in Germany last night to further tarnish the countryâs image and plunge Chancellor Gerhard SchrÃ¶derâs ruling coalition party into fresh crisis.
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BERLIN : 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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SCHWERIN, Germany  - A far-right anti-foreigner   party has embarrassed German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a   regional election in her home state and delivered a wake-up   call to her 10-month-old government.
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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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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.
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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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BERLIN - Anger over Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s tough welfare and jobs reforms has resulted in a surge in support for Germany&#39;s former communists and radical right-wing parties in two key state elections with the rightist National Democratic Party (NPD
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democratic Party lost elections in the western state of Saarland, the first of four votes this month amid nationwide protests against government welfare cuts.
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"A loss in Hesse would be bad for morale for the CDU nationally and for Merkel"  By Madeline ChambersBERLIN  - Voters in two western German states go to the polls on Sunday in a test for German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) before next year's federal election.Senior CDU figures are fighting to hold on to power in both states but the race is especially tight in Hesse, home to the financial capital of Frankfurt, where Merkel ally Roland Koch has run a divisive campaign focused on crime and immigration.Koch's battle has ratcheted up tensions in Merkel's fractious national coalition with the Social Democrats (SPD). A strong SPD showing in Hesse could mean a further deterioration in relations and policy gridlock. Read more
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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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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 ...