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| Image makeover reaps gains for Germany's Neo-Nazis |
| 2004-09-16 |
| As disenchantment with the federal government grows over its failure to tackle rampant unemployment and a sluggish economy, the [National Democratic Party's] popularity has risen to a point where polls suggest it will win nine percent. That score, compared to 1.4 percent in 1999, would be enough to give the party seats in parliament and rattle the German political world. |
| Posted by:The Caucasus Nerd |
| #2 Springtime for Hitler & Germany |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-09-16 5:20:34 PM |
| #1 What, they got a new, more attractive hairstyle? Some part of the increase are protest votes against the mainstream parties, like the LePen votes in France. The rest speaks to the new-found acceptability of bigotry over there. "Again" indeed. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-09-16 2:16:28 AM |
