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State election shakes Germany; Defeat prompts Schroeder to seek early vote.

Publication: The Washington Times
Publication Date: 23-MAY-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: State election shakes Germany; Defeat prompts Schroeder to seek early vote.(PAGE ONE)

Article Excerpt
Byline: David Crossland, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

BERLIN - Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, stunned by a devastating state election defeat yesterday in the party's longtime stronghold of North Rhine-Westphalia, announced that he would seek general elections later this year.

A grim-faced Mr. Schroeder told reporters that he expected the election to be held this fall, one year earlier than scheduled, because of the defeat in a state that is home to almost one in four Germans.

The election loss was the worst in a string of defeats that the chancellor said cast doubt on whether the country supported his economic reforms, including unpopular welfare cuts, designed to...

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