Schroeder&#39;s Party Routed in German Vote
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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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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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Local election results in Germany&#39;s most populous state indicate another setback for Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder - but the decline has slowed.
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BERLIN : Germany&#39;s two main political parties wound up the losers in local elections at the weekend but Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democrats (SPD) have taken heart by avoiding a new rout.
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BERLIN - Voters in two states in what was East Germany are expressing their discontent with the dominant political parties in Germany by endorsing radical right-wing and former communist parties in state elections, exit polls suggest.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s party has halted an 18-month run of poll disasters by avoiding a fresh slump in local elections on Sunday, but will still need to make giant leaps to win a third term in 2006.
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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 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 of social programs.
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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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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democrats have slumped to their worst result in 44 years in the western state of Saarland as voters punish the party for its painful economic reforms.
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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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Germany's governing Social Democrats avoided major losses in local elections Sunday in the country's most populous state, while the conservative opposition lost votes but stayed well ahead in a traditional ...
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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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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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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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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Monday he is confident of winning Germans over to his reform plans and rebuilding his party&#39;s support after avoiding major new losses in local elections in a traditional stronghold.
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BERLIN Sept. 19, 2004 - Voters in two east German states angry over high unemployment handed a rebuke Sunday to Germany&#39;s two biggest parties, giving big gains to far right and former Communist groups, television projections showed.