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Bundestag elections drive Germany into political chaos - PRAVDA.Ru

Germany's leading parties may establish a large coalition consisting ofb> the Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> and the Social Democraticb> Party, although Schroeder and Merkel refuse to give up the chancellor's post to each other.
It seemed a short while ago that the victory ofb> the Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb>, which won the majority ofb> seats in the Bundestag chamber, would be the convincing end ofb> the German parliamentary elections.
It became clear after the first results ofb> the voting were unveiled that the conservatives from the Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> received the majority ofb> electors' votes.

http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=16156 (1000 words)



East

East Brady, Pennsylvania East Brady is a borough located in 2000 census, the borough had a total population ofb> 1,038.
East Palestine, Ohio East Palestine is a city located in 2000 census, the city had a total population ofb> 4,917.
East ofb> England East ofb> England is one ofb> the 2001 census was 5,388,140.

http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/topics/east.html (8301 words)



Germany (11/05)

Germany continues to be active economically in the states ofb> central and eastern Europe and to actively support the development ofb> democraticb> institutions, bilaterally and through the EU.
Germany stands at the center ofb> European affairs and is a key partner in U.S. relations with Europeans in NATO and the European Unionb>.
Germany concluded four treaties with the Soviet Unionb> covering the overall bilateral relationship, economic relations, the withdrawal ofb> Soviet troops from the territory ofb> the former G.D.R., and German support for those troops.

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3997.htm (5880 words)



NewsFromRussia.Com Angela Merkel asks Dresden voters to support her party

Germany's conservative leader Angela Merkel on Friday urged voters in the eastern city ofb> Dresden to strengthen her party in a weekend ballot that will conclude the country's election, arguing that a strong result would allow her to put a "strong signature" on the new government.
Germany's Greens, seeking to maintain a high profile as they prepare for opposition, on Tuesday chose a combative outgoing minister and a respected former party chairman to lead them in parliament More details...
Germany's conservative leader Angela Merkel on Friday urged voters in the eastern city ofb> Dresden to strengthen her party in a weekend ballot that will conclude the country's election, arguing that a strong result would allow her to put a "strong signature" on the new government More details...

http://newsfromrussia.com/politics/2005/09/30/64185.html (1765 words)



ZAMAN DAILY NEWSPAPER (2005091724181)

He was elected the leader ofb> the Social Democrat Party (SPD) after resignation ofb> former leader Oskar Lafontaine.
Angela Merkel's Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> is negative about a prospective Turkish membership to the Unionb>, whereas the Social Democrats headed by the Chancellor Gerhard Schroder largely support it.
The Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> uses the slogan "Any measure which creates employment is social," in a campaign that promises employment.

http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20050917&hn=24181 (1654 words)



Germany: the career ofb> Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> leader Angela Merkel Part 1: East Germany--youth and political beginnings

This is the first ofb> a two-part article on the political career ofb> Angela Merkel, leader ofb> Germany’s Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> (CDU) and chancellor candidate ofb> the "Unionb>"--the conservative bloc ofb> the CDU and Christianb> Social Unionb>--in the federal elections expected to take place this September.
In the 2002 federal elections, she ceded the chancellor candidacy to Edmund Stoiber, leader ofb> the CDU’s smaller sister party in Bavaria, the Christianb> Social Unionb> (CSU).
Despite all the differences between the political leaders in East and West Germany, there was a fundamental view they both shared with the church: a profound antipathy to any independent popular movement based on their fears ofb> an uncontrollable revolutionary development ofb> the working class.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/cdu1-j08.shtml (2260 words)



AllRefer.com - Germany - Political Parties - Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb>/Christianb> Social Unionb> German Information Resource

Following World War II, the Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> (Christlich Demokratische Unionb>--CDU) was founded by a diverse group ofb> Catholics and Protestants, businesspeople and trade unionists, and conservatives and moderates.
Bavaria has the largest concentration ofb> conservative, rural, Catholic voters, and the CSU has dominated politics there sinc e 1957.
CDU membership fell by 5 percent in 1992 to 714,000, while that ofb> the FDP fell by about one-fifth to 110,000.

http://reference.allrefer.com/country-guide-study/germany/germany131.html (2044 words)



TIME Europe Germany: Time for a Change 4/3/2000

Last week, overcoming opposition from conservatives, the 45-year-old Merkel was nominated unopposed to be the next chairman ofb> the Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb>, Germany's scandal-plagued opposition party, when the party meets to choose a new leader in April.
Her lack ofb> experience and the fact that she is not the party leader in the Bundestag, Germany's lower house ofb> parliament, raise doubts that Merkel will be the party's candidate for Chancellor at the time ofb> the next election in 2002.
The scene was east germany in 1990, a chaotic moment after the fall ofb> the Berlin Wall when an interim government was trying to steer the country from communism to democracy.

http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2000/0403/merkel.html (965 words)



The German Right: Markets, Morality and Migration, by Jan-Werner Mueller

When Helmut Kohl's Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> was crushed in the federal election ofb> 1998, Germany's longest-serving chancellor left behind a party that was not only ideologically exhausted, but also in organizational shambles, because the entire party had been organized around Kohl.
Given Merkel's weakness, it is not surprising that Edmund Stoiber, prime minister ofb> Bavaria and head ofb> the CDU's Bavarian sister party, the Christianb> Social Unionb>, has been positioning himself as the most likely conservative candidate for the federal election in 2002.
The CDU got back on its feet after its strategists hit on what seemed to be a winning issue: the Christianb> Democrats fiercely opposed the planned liberalization ofb> the citizenship law, which would have significantly lowered the barriers to the naturalization ofb> foreigners in Germany.

http://www.afsa.org/fsj/sept01/Muellersept01.cfm (3762 words)



BBC NEWS World Europe Merkel joins race to lead Germany

Germany's opposition Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> (CDU) has named Angela Merkel to challenge Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in elections this year.
She joined the CDU two months before the reunification ofb> Germany and within three months she was in Helmut Kohl's cabinet as minister for women and youth.
If Mr Schroeder's government loses the confidence vote, parliament will be dissolved and elections will be held by mid-September.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4593015.stm (316 words)



Germany - Simple English Wikipedia

The people ofb> Germany vote for the parliament, called Bundestag (Federal Assembly), every four years.
Christianity is the biggest religion; Protestants are 38% ofb> the people and Catholics are 34% ofb> the people (most ofb> the Protestants are in the north, and most ofb> the Catholics are in the south).
To the east ofb> Germany are the countries Poland and the Czech Republic.

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany (1972 words)



Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> (Germany) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Election placard ofb> the Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> ofb> Germany for the German federal election, 2005.
Opponents ofb> the CDU are the social democraticb> SPD, the post-communist Left Party/PDS and the left-wing environmentalist Bündnis'90/Die Grünen.
Nevertheless the CDU gained an absolute majority at the last state elections in the liberal and affluent city ofb> Hamburg, which used to be a historic stronghold ofb> the Social Democrats.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDU (1365 words)



Guardian Unlimited Special reports Special report: Germany

December 21: Josef Ackermann, the chief executive ofb> Deutsche Bank, could swiftly resign if Germany's federal high court rules later today that he must undergo a retrial over his role in the Mannesmann executive bonus scandal.
December 22: Josef Ackermann, Germany's most prominent banker, said yesterday that he intended to remain as head ofb> Deutsche Bank despite a court ruling that he should be retried over the Mannesmann executive bonus scandal.
December 13: Germany's former chancellor Gerhard Schröder is at the centre ofb> damaging allegations ofb> sleaze over his decision to accept a lucrative job with Russia's biggest company.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany (816 words)



William P. Kucewicz on Paul Kirchhof , Germany, and Flat Taxes on NRO Financial

During his tenure on Federal Constitutional Court, for instance, Kirchhof penned a landmark decision reserving Germanys right to reject any European Unionb> (EU) directive that breached its own constitutional law.
Kirchhof would replace Germanys steeply progressive income tax with a flat-rate tax ofb> no more than 25 percent and at the same time eliminate myriad tax loopholes and fiscal subsidies — an astonishing 163 taxpayer subsidies, to be exact.
Paul Kirchhof, 62, a University ofb> Heidelberg professor and a former constitutional court judge, became the instant star ofb> the team.

http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_kucewicz/kucewicz200508310930.asp (973 words)



Germany: the career ofb> Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> leader Angela Merkel Part 1: East Germany--youth and political beginnings

This is the first ofb> a two-part article on the political career ofb> Angela Merkel, leader ofb> Germany’s Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> (CDU) and chancellor candidate ofb> the "Unionb>"--the conservative bloc ofb> the CDU and Christianb> Social Unionb>--in the federal elections expected to take place this September.
In the 2002 federal elections, she ceded the chancellor candidacy to Edmund Stoiber, leader ofb> the CDU& smaller sister party in Bavaria, the Christianb> Social Unionb> (CSU).
Despite all the differences between the political leaders in East and West Germany, there was a fundamental view they both shared with the church: a profound antipathy to any independent popular movement based on their fears ofb> an uncontrollable revolutionary development ofb> the working class.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/cdu1-j08.shtml (2260 words)



TIME Europe Germany: Time for a Change 4/3/2000

The scene was east germany in 1990, a chaotic moment after the fall ofb> the Berlin Wall when an interim government was trying to steer the country from communism to democracy.
Her lack ofb> experience and the fact that she is not the party leader in the Bundestag, Germany's lower house ofb> parliament, raise doubts that Merkel will be the party's candidate for Chancellor at the time ofb> the next election in 2002.
Merkel was born in Hamburg in West Germany, but her pastor father soon moved to the communist East, apparently more out ofb> missionary zeal than affection for socialism.

http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2000/0403/merkel.html (965 words)



Germany elections - Saxony - neo-nazis tied with Schröder at 9%; ex-communists take second at 24%

From my calculations, the Christianb> Democrats will be awarded 52 seats ofb> the 120 seat state government.
The East ofb> Germany has been given a $1.5 trillion pacifier and the straightjacket beaurocracy ofb> a Western Germany focused on stability rather than growth.
I believe they can form a ruling coalition with the Free Democrats, whom I think will be awarded 8 seats, even though this is only 50 percent ofb> the seats, because - being the largest party - they have a kind ofb> tie-breaker.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1221160/posts (1107 words)



Strauss, Franz Josef on Encyclopedia.com

Elected to the Bundestag in 1949, he became (1956) minister ofb> defense ofb> the Federal Republic ofb> Germany (West Germany) in the coalition government ofb> Christianb> Democraticb> chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
Nominated by the Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> and the Christianb> Social Unionb>, Strauss lost the election to Helmut Schmidt.
He later served (Dec., 1966-Oct., 1969) as finance minister in the government ofb> Christianb> Democraticb> chancellor Kurt Kiesinger.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/S/StraussF1.asp (333 words)



Washingtonpost.com: German Elections, 1998

In 1994 elections, the CDU and the CSU together earned 41.5 percent ofb> the vote and won 294 seats making it the country's largest party/coalition.
Chancellor ofb> Germany since 1982, Kohl and his party ran for an unprecedented fifth term in office in Sept. 1998 only to lose to the Social Democraticb> Party and its candidate, Gerhard Schroeder.
Generally conservative on economic and social policy, the CDU and its Bavarian sister party, the Christianb> Social Unionb>, are often identified with the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, although their programs tend to be more pragmatic than ideological.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/germany/election.htm (576 words)



VOA News - Germany Awaits a New Leader, and a New Day

The Christianb> Democrats and the Social Democraticb> Party ofb> Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder agreed Monday to form a coalition.
Her party, the Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb>, narrowly won elections last month for the Bundestag, the German parliament.
She became active in the democracy movement in East Germany in nineteen eighty-nine.

http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2005-10-15-voa1.cfm (536 words)



The death ofb> six-year-old Joseph Abdulla reveals dominance ofb> extreme right in East Germany

Regardless ofb> what the final circumstances ofb> his death prove to be, this case shows how far the dominance ofb> extremist rightwing gangs in East Germany has progressed—with the support ofb> the state authorities and the Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> (CDU).
Pfeiffer, Justice Minister designate ofb> Lower Saxony, had dealt “negligently with such serious questions” so that Biedenkopf said he did not regard him as suitable for holding office.
The death ofb> six-year-old Joseph Abdulla in the small East German town ofb> Sebnitz is a warning.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/dec2000/germ-d02.shtml (1935 words)



Far right electoral success in Germany

This is the best performance ofb> an extreme right-wing party in Germany since World War II, in an election in which the voter turnout (70.4%) was more than 15% higher than in the last poll in 1994.
The DVU has attempted cooperation with Germany's other two main right-wing parties, the Republicans-- the only other far right party with seats in a regional assembly -- and the National Democraticb> Party (NPD).
Germany's Chancellor Helmut Kohl promised the east prosperity when he manipulated the annexation ofb> former East Germany in 1990.

http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/1998/316/316p26.htm (1018 words)



Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!

In 1990, with Helmut Kohl as chancellor, it oversaw the reunification ofb> Germany.
It held power in the Federal Republic ofb> Germany from the establishment ofb> the West German republic in 1949 until 1969 and again from 1982 until 1998.
The Democraticb> Party unites in 1988 to nominate Dukakis over Jackson.

http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article-9360714 (839 words)



USATODAY.com - Woman could be Germany's next chancellor

Angela Merkel, head ofb> Germany's Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> (CDU), faces Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in elections on Sunday, perhaps the most important since German reunification in 1990.
Career: Minister for women and youth affairs, 1991; minister ofb> environmental affairs, 1994; secretary-general ofb> the Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb>, 1998
In opinion polls, Merkel's CDU and its sister party in Bavaria have consistently enjoyed big leads over the chancellor's Social Democraticb> Party and its allies.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-09-12-merkel-germany_x.htm (1011 words)



Weekly Standard, The: The Merkel manual: just the prescription for Germany?

Why Schroder, a political survivalist, decided to move up Election Day (in what amounts to a self-inflicted vote ofb> no confidence) remains unclear.
In fact, her Christianb> Democrats have already backpedaled on tax cuts and the liberalization ofb> stringent German laws protecting labor.
On May 22, voters in North Rhine-Westphalia fulfilled Pfluger's dream, ousting the Social Democrats after nearly four decades ofb> rule.

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0RMQ/is_37_10/ai_n14791434 (1020 words)



G-Schauble-1.htm

The Christianb> Democrats have ruled the country for 37 ofb> the past 50 years, and some analysts fear the party's collapse would create a vacuum that could upset the country's democraticb> balance.
traditional uneasiness in the rest ofb> Germany about electing a chancellor from Bavaria, a very large and overwhelmingly Catholic state
He is known to be fiercely opposed to Angela Merkel, the progressive general secretary ofb> the Christianb> Democrats and a favorite to succeeed Mr.

http://menic.utexas.edu/~bennett/__344/G-Schauble-1.htm (1421 words)



BBC NEWS Europe Profile: Angela Merkel

Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> (CDU) leader Angela Merkel has become Germany's first woman chancellor, despite only scraping a victory in the 18 September election.
She joined the CDU two months before the reunification ofb> Germany and within three months she was in the Kohl cabinet as minister for women and youth.
In her political career to date she has outlasted four political bosses, in the east and west, and is the only prominent Ossi (easterner) to have survived in the CDU leadership.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4572387.stm (677 words)



STRATFOR: Germany: Merkel vs. Multiculturalism

Angela Merkel, leader ofb> Germany's Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> (CDU) Party, lambasted Germany's policies on multiculturalism during a party conference Dec. 6 in Dusseldorf.
In September, regional elections resulted in gains for the National Democraticb> Party ofb> Germany (NPD), a neo-Nazi, anti-Semitic group that won nearly 10 percent ofb> the vote in the state ofb> Saxony, while the German People's Unionb> (DVU), another right-wing party, won 6 percent ofb> the vote in Brandenburg.
An October poll by the independent Infratest institute showed support for the party decreased from 50 percent in March to 40 percent in October (the SPD fell from 30 percent to 23 percent).

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1296645/posts (2426 words)



CBC News: Conservative Christianb> Democrats win the final seat in Germany

Andreas Laemmel (C), local candidate ofb> the Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> (CDU), smiles at a CDU election party after initial polling results in voting district 160 Oct. 2 in Dresden, Germany.
Roland Koch, the conservative governor ofb> Hesse state, said the vote confirmed the Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> (CDU) and its Bavaria-only sister party, the Christianb> Social Unionb>, as the strongest bloc in parliament, and said it should choose the next chancellor.
The conservative Christianb> Democrats gained a seat Sunday in the last remaining German district to report election results -- boosting Angela Merkel's chances ofb> becoming Germany's first female chancellor, and giving her party new momentum in coalition talks to form a new government.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/10/02/germany_dresden20051002.html (394 words)



Election fallout in Germany

Schroeder's rival, Edmund Stoiber ofb> the Christianb> Social Unionb>/Christianb> Democraticb> Unionb> alliance, failed to articulate an alternative to that stance.
Fortunately, Schroeder has a tactful foreign minister in Joschka Fischer ofb> the Green Party, increasingly important in the governing coalition.
THE BUSH administration should ponder Sunday's elections in Germany, where Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder won a narrow victory for his coalition by opposing German participation in a U.S.-led war to topple Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/09/24/ED56139.DTL (235 words)

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