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The World from Berlin: 'Merkel's Coalition Remains in Stand-By Mode'
...bellicosity is hardly surprising. A survey conducted earlier this month found that support for Merkel's Christian Democrats had slipped to 34 percent while the FDP, which won over 14...
Ben Brandzel: Why Progressives Should Back the President's Plan.
...the plan was not bipartisan enough... The nation is, compared to others, center-right (the Democrats resemble the Christian Democrats more than the Social Democrats). And, as terrible as...
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Dutch lose taste for fight in Afghanistan
...government have declared that enough is enough. The Dutch troops will have to come home. Since the Christian Democrats do not agree, the government has fallen. This is highly...
Wilders three seats ahead of rivals in Dutch poll
...Geert Wilders moved three seats ahead of its rivals in a new Dutch election poll on Sunday, as support for the Christian Democrats (CDA) of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende continued...
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The World from Berlin: Wilders, Not Islam, 'Is Holland's Biggest Problem'
...back from the leftist elite that coddles criminals and supports Islamization." Given the weak showing by the Christian Democrats and the Labor party -- which shared power in a national...
Extreme right on the march in Europe's most tolerant nation
Wednesday's vote, in which the two main parties in the ruling coalition, the Labour Party (PvdA) and the Christian Democrats (CDA), suffered heavy losses, was the first electoral test...
Victory For Minority Party In Holland Sows Concern
...three months. The results also showed widespread dissatisfaction with the two leading parties, the Christian Democrats and Labor, which shared power in an uneasy coalition that collapsed...
Surprise Success in Dutch Elections: 'Wilders' Voters Are the Disgruntled'
...will defend their interests. That is why they haven't done as poorly there as Prime Minister Balkenende's Christian Democrats. Balkenende's party hasn't figured out how it will deal with...
"We must do everything so that we do not experience what the Americans did at the end of the 30s namely saving straight into the small upswing that was becoming apparent after the crisis and so breaking this upswing." There were demands for the new government to provide more support for Germany's troops in Afghanistan, particularly extra training forces for the Afghan Army so that security improves quickly and the military can come home. The biggest selling daily newspaper Bild said: "The voters put their confidence in the Christian Democrats and the Free Democrats. Now Merkel and Westerwelle need to keep their word."
Angela Merkel faces demands for tax cuts as coalition talks begin Telegraph.co.uk - International news | 5 months ago
Dutch anti-immigration party gains ground in vote
</p><p>The results appeared to show widespread dissatisfaction with the two leading parties, the Christian Democrats and Labor, which shared power in an uneasy coalition that collapsed...
Geert Wilders's election success could be a mini-earthquake
...to be the strongest single party, in The Hague he took eight, two seats behind Labour. The two big parties, the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats (CDA and PvdA) in coalition...
Germans agree to boost Afghan troop mission
Such a U-turn could have helped the SPD to set itself apart from the Christian Democrats, with whom they ruled from 2005 until last year. But it might also have been a hard sell...
The Dutch government falls: Wild things
...drawing the world's attention. The Labour Party quit the government because it could not agree with the Christian Democrats to extend the service of 2,000 Dutch troops in Afghanistan's...
