Merkel's party faces test in German state votes
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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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Germany's ruling CDU party faces a stiff challenge in state elections, as support for its contentious candidate falls.
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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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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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The chances of the Conservative opposition leader Angela Merkel becoming Germany's first woman chancellor suffered a setback yesterday after her party re-elected her with a substantially reduced majority that ...
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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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Voters in two states in Germany's ex-communist east go to the polls on Sunday, expected to hand bitter losses to Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats and strong gains to far-right parties.
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SCHWERIN, Germany  - 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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German voters handed Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder a stinging defeat in elections Sunday in the small western state of Saarland, reflecting public anger over his drive to cut
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party appeared to have lost a key state election Sunday after a bitterly divisive campaign dominated by crime and immigration, exit polls indicated.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s party has vowed again to stick to its hated economic reforms despite Sunday&#39;s election rout in the state of Saarland where the far-right NPD emerged as the strongest gainer.
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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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German voters handed Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder a fresh setback in elections in the small western state of Saarland today, reflecting public anger over his drive to cut into the country - s cherished network ...
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Voting is under way in elections in the German state of Saarland, with polls predicting another big defeat for the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's party has vowed again to stick to its hated economic reforms despite Sunday's election rout in the state of Saarland where the far-right NPD emerged as the strongest ...
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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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Parties on the far right and left made gains in two state elections Sunday in Germany, with voters delivering a rebuke to Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democrats as he tries to rein in German welfare programs.