State elections a test for Germany's left
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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, ...
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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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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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East Germans gave a strong boost to right wing extremists and the former communists in two state elections, punishing the countryâs biggest mainstream parties for the regionâs high unemployment and cuts in social programmes.
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BERLIN Sept. 19, 2004 - Voters in two east German states handed a sharp rebuke to mainstream parties Sunday, giving radical right parties up to 9 percent of the vote and a boost to the former communists, exit polls showed.
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Germany's far-right looks set to enter parliament in an eastern state as voters go to the polls in regional elections.
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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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Germany's far-right look set to enter the parliament in an eastern state after Sunday's regional polls.
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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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Gerhard SchrÃ¶der faces defeat tomorrow in the first of a string of German regional elections. Voters were expected to punish the chancellor&#39;s welfare reforms that triggered mass street protests.
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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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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats look set for an electoral battering in the eastern states of Brandenburg and Saxony on Sunday.
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The gains made by parties of the extreme right and left in elections in two eastern German states on Sunday spark much negative comment in regional and national papers.
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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 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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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats suffered fresh losses in elections in two former communist states as parties from the extreme right and far left posted strong gains.