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Friday, September 17, 2004

German History
by Lee

Hey Europe, remember when we asked you for a little support over that Iraq thingy, and you told us to go to hell?  Well, when Germany causes WWIII and the European continent is in flames, don’t come crying to us.

Amid voter anger over Germany’s sour economy and high unemployment, extremist parties ranging from the far-right to the former communists are expected to score big gains in eastern German regional elections Sunday, polls show.

Elections in the eastern German heartland come after failed moves to create self-sustaining growth following the wrenching lurch from communism to capitalism with reunification in 1990 - and the big parties are set to be punished, opinion polls say.

Eastern German unemployment is over 18 percent, compared with just above 8 percent in western Germany.

Leading the rightist pack is the anti-Semitic, anti-foreigner National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) which is on target to win at least 9 percent in Saxony state while the German People’s Union (DVU) is tracking at around 5 percent in Brandenburg, polls say.

“German jobs for Germans first!” demand DVU posters along roads in Brandenburg.

Too bad Hitler wiped out all the Jews, now the Germans wil have to go looking for a different scapegoat.

Posted by Lee on 09/17/04 at 08:14 AM in Europe and the UK  • (3) Trackbacks • Permalink • Discuss this in the forums
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