Social Democrats Lose at Local Polls
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s party was routed in elections in the small western state of Saarland, where public anger over his cuts in social programs also boosted a small far-right party that benefited from the national mood of protest.
Support for Schroeder’s Social Democrats plunged to 30.8%, a loss of nearly 14 percentage points from 1999 and the lowest in the state since 1960. The conservative Christian Democrats gained slightly and retained a majority in the state legislature, official results showed.
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