Polls: Big Parties Lose Ground in Germany
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BERLIN Sept. 19, 2004 - 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 parties.
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Chancellor Schroeder's SPD loses local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, but avoids a major slump.
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Germany&#39;s Social Democrat chancellor, Gerhard SchrÃ¶der, suffered a humiliating election defeat in the party&#39;s traditional stronghold yesterday.
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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&#39;s image could suffer.
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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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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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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats lost local elections in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Sunday but appeared to have halted their recent slide at the ballot box.
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Chancellor Gerhard SchrÃ¶der&#39;s ruling Social Democrats were dealt a heavy blow yesterday by voters in two east German states where anger at high unemployment and economic reforms
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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 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 into the country's cherished network ...
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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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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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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats suffered a new beating at the polls scoring around 30 percent in elections in the German state of Saarland, according to exit polls.
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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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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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BERLIN - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democrat Party (SPD) have seized on regional elections in the nation&#39;s biggest state as a sign of a turnaround in the party&#39;s political fortunes.
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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&#39;s image.