Far-Right Surge in East Alarms Mainstream Germany
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Germany faced a surge of far-right parties in eastern state elections, worrying about their rise and the ensuing damage to the country&#39;s image.
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Germany&#39;s most overtly neo-Nazi party secured a footing in a regional parliament yesterday for the first time in more than a generation.
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Gains by the far right worry commentators in Germany and Austria, while France's Le Monde condemns racism in Corsica.
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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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The number of people looking for work in Germany could rise above the politically critical five million mark this year, Economy and Labour Minister Wolfgang Clement said.
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BERLIN Sept. 19, 2004 - 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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Germany's biggest far-Right political parties have agreed to merge in an attempt to win Bundestag seats.
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BusinessWeek Online - The jubilation that swept East Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 long ago gave way to the sober reality of globalization and market forces. Now a decade of resentment seems to be boiling over. In Eastern cities such as Leipzig or Chemnitz, thousands have taken to the streets since July to protest cuts in unemployment benefits, the main source of livelihood for 1.6 million East Germans. Discontent among reunification's losers fueled big gains by the far left and far right in Brandenburg and Saxony state elections Sept. 19. ...
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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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BERLIN Extremist parties that tapped into East German resentment over high unemployment and unpopular economic reforms made big gains Sunday in regional elections in two German states, according to two exit polls.
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Neo-Nazi paramilitary groups have gained   strong footholds in economically depressed parts of Germany and   are gaining a voice through far-right political parties,   Germany's top Jewish body said on Wednesday.
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State elections in the former East Germany on Sunday are expected to see a resurgence of the far right.
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SCHWERIN, Germany  - A far-right party compared to   the early Nazis by the German government has won seats in a   regional parliament, helped by a weak economy and anger with   Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition.
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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 east push voters to the fringes.
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A far-right German political party's walkout over a Holocaust observance has deeply embarrassed German leaders, the International Herald Tribune reports.
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Members of former East Germany's ruling communist party could emerge as a powerful force in Sunday polls.
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Voters in two east German states angry over high unemployment and cuts in social programs handed a rebuke Sunday to Germany's two biggest parties, giving big gains to far right and former Communist groups, ...