German fringe parties make gains
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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.
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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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Eastern Germany s former communist party will gain support in two state elections Sunday, attracting voters angered by Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder s welfare cuts 14 years after reunification, opinion polls ...
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Elections in a northeastern German state this weekend could prove a breakthrough for a far-right party and bring more woe for Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Comment on the German mainstream parties' latest electoral setback in two eastern states provides one of the main topics in today's European dailies. In France, President Jacques Chirac and three new-found allies earn brownie points.
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The Lib Dems will make gains from other parties at the next general election, their campaign manager says.
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Many of the young and poor gave their voices to a neo-Nazi party in this weekend's elections in Chancellor Angela Merkel's home state, a development that has unsettled the German government.
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Gains for a far-right party in a weekend  regional election are a wake-up call for Germany's ruling  coalition under Chancellor Angela Merkel, media said on Monday.
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The German chancellor remains optimistic despite gains for the far right and ex-communists in the east.
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Germany&#39;s mainstream political parties were sharply rebuffed yesterday when voters in two regional elections in formerly communist East Germany handed extremists their best results in years.
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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's image.
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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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A neo-Nazi party nudges ahead of the Social Democrats in east Germany, rekindling the debate about far right extremists.
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East Germans gave a strong boost to right wing extremists and the former communists in two state elections, punishing the countryâs biggest mainstream parties for the regionâs high unemployment and cuts in social programmes.
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The extreme right may have seen their support surge in regional elections in two former Communist states in eastern Germany but analysts concluded that the results were better than expected for Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
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Germany&#39;s major parties Sunday saw their popularity decline in local parliament elections in the two eastern states of Sachsen and Brandenburg.
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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.