East Germans expected to turn to parties of right and left in state elections
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POTSDAM, Germany  - In Germany's summer of discontent over social welfare cuts, parties on the extremes of the political spectrum are finding voters easy prey for two state elections in the formerly communist east this weekend.
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Germany's far-right looks set to enter parliament in an eastern state after voters go to the polls in regional elections.
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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&#39;s image could suffer.
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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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In the flush of German reunification, Chancellor Helmut Kohl declared that the former East German states would be transformed into "blossoming landscapes, where it will be worth living and working." Germany ...
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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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Voters in two struggling east German states had a chance to voice their discontent Sunday over high unemployment and social welfare cuts in elections expected to give a boost to extreme-right and left-wing parties.
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Voting is under way in the German state of Saarland, with polls predicting another  defeat for the Social Democrats.
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LJUBLJANA : Slovenians were voting in general elections that may force the centre-left coalition that has ruled the former Yugoslav state for over a decade to form an alliance with the right-wing opposition.
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It was a major surprise: after 12 years at the head of the Slovenian government, the left wingers will be giving their place up to the right wing parties after the confirmation of the election results of Sunday 3 October.
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Slovenians were voting in general elections that may force the centre-left coalition that has ruled the former Yugoslav state for over a decade to form an alliance with the right-wing opposition.
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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  - German far-right parties  surged in eastern state elections on 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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More than 10 million Germans began voting Sunday in state elections that will be the first genuine test at the ballot box for Chancellor Angela Merkel since she came to power in 2005.
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Voting started in two western German  states on Sunday in elections widely seen as a test for  Chancellor Angela Merkel and her conservative Christian  Democrats (CDU) before next year's federal vote.
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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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Many of the young and poor gave their voices to a neo-Nazi party in this weekend's elections in Chancellor Angela Merkel's home state, a development that has unsettled the German government.