Germans plan mass welfare rallies
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Nationwide protests are set to take place in Germany as cuts in unemployment benefit take effect.
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Peasants want to own their land and have organized rallies in several provinces. More are planned.
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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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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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The number of people officially registered as unemployed in Germany is set to rise this month as a result of labour market reforms that came into effect on January 1, German Economy and Labour Minister Wolfgang ...
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At least 70,000 people took to the streets in Germany in what have become regular weekly demonstrations against government labour market and social security reform plans, organisers said.
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Thousands of German workers took part in protests Tuesday against a government plan to raise the retirement age to 67, the country's biggest industrial union said.Comment
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Tens of thousands of people hit the streets of several German cities Monday to protest looming cuts in unemployment benefits, continuing a series of weekly protests against government reforms.
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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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Nearly 40,000 people in Germany, backed by expressions of support elsewhere in Europe, took to the streets to protest plans by US auto giant General Motors to axe about one-fifth of its European workforce and possibly even close a plant.
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FRANKFURT : Labour conflict looks set to boil over in the German automobile sector in the coming weeks as car makers such as Volkswagen and Opel seek to impose rigorous belt-tightening measures as an answer to chronically weak demand.
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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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More striking German civil servants held rallies Tuesday to press for higher wages amid a growing tax evasion scandal that could give labour militants a tailor-made issue to back up their demands.
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Germans pride themselves on putting on a good party -- take the Munich beer festival or last year's soccer World Cup -- and Berlin is preparing for another big celebration next week.
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Tens of thousands of Germans are expected on the streets of Berlin today for the latest of a series of demonstration which the organisers say will continue until the government withdraws its plans to cut social benefit payments.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned of persistent economic risks due to global factors, and vowed Monday that Germany _ Europe's largest economy _ would keep to its agenda of reforms to tackle unemployment. via PR-inside.com
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The German authorities plan to restrict rallies by far-right groups intent on undermining official World War II anniversary events this year.