Merkel faces real test in German state elections
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Chancellor Angela Merkel faces her first genuine test at the ballot box since she came to power in 2005 when two German states elect new state parliaments on Sunday.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on mainstream parties to block the ascendency of neo-Nazis after they made a stunning breakthrough in regional elections which saw her conservatives flounder.
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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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Voting is under way in the German state of Saarland, with polls predicting another  defeat for the Social Democrats.
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Parties on the fringes of Germany's political spectrum have been given an eager reception in the depressed east ahead of state elections this weekend, luring voters with a mix of xenophobic standards and new complaints over plans to reduce much-needed benefits.
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The German chancellor, Gerhard SchrÃ¶der, suffered a setback yesterday as voters in a regional election punished the government for pushing through controversial welfare reforms that have sparked weeks of street protests.
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Germany's Federal chancellor Angela Merkel , whose country currently holds the European Union presidency, and Germany's Foreign Minister Franck-Walter Steinmeier wait for the arrival of Eurpean leaders ahead of ...Comment
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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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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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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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BERLIN - Germanyâs governing Social Democrats avoided major losses in local elections Sunday in the countryâs most populous state, while the conservative opposition lost votes but stayed well ahead in a traditional stronghold for Chancellor Gerhard
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have performed poorly in elections in two German states, while the extreme-right made a breakthrough, according to exit polls.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's party vowed to press on with its tough economic reform drive, despite a fresh state election rout that spells trouble for a string of further polls this month.
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Chancellor Merkel gets high marks as Germany prepares to lead the EU next year and host the G-8 summit.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel boards her plane after a two-day visit to Turkey, October 06.Comment
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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 ...
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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.