Far-Right Surge in East Alarms Mainstream Germany
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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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Ahead of this weekend&#39;s elections in the eastern German states of Brandenburg and Saxony, leading politicians have been calling for voters to turn out and cast their ballots against far right parties.
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Vandalized Jewish graves in western Europe. Growing support for extreme-right parties in Germany. Comments by France's far-right leader playing down the evils of the Nazi occupation.
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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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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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East Germans gave a strong boost to far-right groups and the former communists in two state elections, punishing the countryâs biggest mainstream parties for the regionâs high unemployment and cuts in social programs.
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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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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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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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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 neo-Nazi party is set to enter an eastern German state parliament after this Sunday's elections.
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder says the rising popularity of right-wing extremist parties is a &quot;great problem&quot; for Germany and could frighten off foreign investors.
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By Erik KirschbaumSCHWERIN, Germany - A far-right party won seats in a regional parliament in eastern Germany on Sunday, profiting from a weak economy there and mounting anger toward Chancellor Angela Merkel's ...
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Germany's far-right is expected to profit from discontent over Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's welfare cuts in elections in two eastern states on Sunday that observers fear will damage the country's image.
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SCHWERIN, Germany  - A far-right party won seats   in a regional parliament in eastern Germany on Sunday,   profiting from a weak economy there and mounting anger toward   Chancellor Angela Merkel's government in Berlin.
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Germany seeks to restrict far-right rallies ahead of sensitive WWII anniversary events.
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Germany's far-right look set to enter the parliament in an eastern state after Sunday's regional polls.