Article: Kohl detects signs of recovery in eastern Germany's economy

Article: Leading Social Democrat says Schroeder's strong ...
AP Worldstream;  September 24, 2002 ;     443 words ... ... triumph has been partly attributed to his swift action to drum up billions of euros (US$) in emergency aid for a swathe of eastern Germany that was devastated by massive flooding in August. Thierse said the government must now redouble its efforts to tackle ...

Article: Extremists gain in Eastern Germany But Schroder's ...
International Herald Tribune;  September 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Unemployment is running at 19 per cent in Eastern Germany while the national average is 10 ... state premier, Matthias Platzeck, a Social Democrat who has shared power since 1999 with ... established a foothold in this part of Eastern Germany. 2004 Copyright International Her

Article: Long era of Kohl's leadership ends in Germany Voters choose ...
The Boston Globe;  October 5, 1998 ;     669 words ... ... were not doing as well. Schroeder has ruled out any pact with the former Communists, who polled especially well in their eastern Germany base and in East Berlin, where they are known as the Roten Socken, or Red Sox. Kohl's party, meanwhile, ruled out ...

Article: Look what I found in my suitcase; Eastern Germany's ...
The Economist (US);  August 18, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... narrowly leads its conservative rivals in the polls. In eastern Germany, says one polling body, the Christian Democratic Union ... local economy what it is. That shift ought to shame any social democrat. But what goes around comes around--especially in east ...

Article: State vote in eastern Germany shows strength of ...
AP Online;  September 27, 1998 ;     610 words ... ... to the Social Democrats in Mecklenburg to ``be true to their democratic responsibility'' and keep the PDS out. But Social Democrat leader Harald Ringstorff, who will become the state's new governor, said he was keeping both options open. On the extreme ...

Article: Ex-communists set for comeback in eastern Germany, ...
AP Worldstream;  September 11, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... coalition." Its election platform pledges "a real opposition" in parliament, and its leaders insist they will not join a Social Democrat-led government to keep the left in power. A vote for the Left Party "is not a wasted vote, because a strong opposition ...

Article: Ex-communists set for comeback in eastern Germany, ...
AP Worldstream;  September 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... coalition." Its election platform pledges "a real opposition" in parliament, and its leaders insist they will not join a Social Democrat-led government to keep the left in power. A vote for the Left Party "is not a wasted vote, because a strong opposition ...