State election landslide hits SchrÃ¶der
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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&#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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Ahead of this weekend&#39;s elections in the eastern German states of Brandenburg and Saxony, leading politicians have been calling for voters to turn out and cast their ballots against far right parties.
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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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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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State elections in the former East Germany on Sunday are expected to see a resurgence of the far right. Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democrats are facing heavy losses, as voters express their anger at high unemployment and welfare reforms.
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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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State elections in the former East Germany are expected to see a resurgence by far right parties.
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BERLIN : Fringe parties including the far-right made strong gains in two former communist eastern states as voters dealt fresh electoral blows to German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democrats amid ire over his economic reforms.
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Voters dealt German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives a bitter blow in Berlin in regional elections which saw the neo-Nazis make a stunning breakthrough in her home state.
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BERLIN Sept. 5, 2004 - Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s party was routed in elections Sunday in the small western state of Saarland, where public anger over his cuts in social programs also boosted a small
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A neo-Nazi party has embarrassed the German government by winning parliamentary seats in Chancellor Angela Merkel's home state.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democratic Party is likely to lose elections in four of Germany&#39;s 16 states this month as voters protest welfare cuts and rising unemployment, according to opinion polls.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats slumped to their worst result in 44 years in the western state of Saarland on Sunday as voters punished the party for its painful economic reforms.
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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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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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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.