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Schroeder faces German poll defeat
Millions of Germans have gone to the polls in key state elections in what is being seen as a test of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's four-month-old government. Opinion polls suggest Mr Schroeder's Social Democrats (SPD) will lose the chancellor's home state of Lower Saxony to the opposition Christian Democrats (CDU), while the CDU will strengthen its hold on the neighbouring state of Hesse. Observers say Chancellor Schroeder's anti-war campaign message failed to strike a chord with voters, who were more concerned about rising taxes, unemployment and a stumbling economy. Neener! Whoo, boy! This Schadenfreude stuff is kinda satisfying... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-02-02 |
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