Fringe Parties See Gains in German Vote
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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, projections showed.
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Germany's far-right is expected to profit from discontent over Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's welfare cuts and low voter turnout in elections in two eastern states today.
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Chancellor Gerhard SchrÃ¶der&#39;s Social Democrats were celebrating today after voters in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany&#39;s most populous state
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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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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 National Democratic Party emerged as the strongest gainer.
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Far-right parties made their strongest showing in six years in German state elections on Sunday, as voters reacted against the governing Social Democratic Party after sharp cutbacks in welfare benefits.
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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 after voters go to the polls in regional elections.
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SCHWERIN, 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 government in Berlin.
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Germany&#39;s two major political parties are bracing for heavy losses in Sunday&#39;s legislative elections in two former communist states.
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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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BERLIN - Voters in two states in Germanyâs ex-communist east go to the polls on Sunday, expected to hand bitter losses to Chancellor Gerhard Schroederâs Social Democrats and strong gains to far-right parties.
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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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DRESDEN, Germany  - 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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BERLIN - Anger over Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s tough welfare and jobs reforms has resulted in a surge in support for Germany&#39;s former communists and radical right-wing parties in two key state elections with the rightist National Democratic Party (NPD
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The dramatic surge in support for a neo-Nazi party and reformed communists in weekend state polls marks a voter drift to the extreme political fringes, an ominous trend just two weeks
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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.