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German Christian Democrats Have 23-Point Lead in European Parliament Poll
Bloomberg.com ^
| 12 May 2004
| Stern
Posted on 05/12/2004 3:02:32 PM PDT by MegaSilver
Edited on 07/19/2004 2:14:11 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Germany's main opposition parties have a 23 percentage-point lead over Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats in voting intentions for the June 13 elections to the European Parliament, an opinion poll showed.
The Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, would get 48 percent of the vote, with the Social Democrats receiving 25 percent, according to the survey by the Berlin-based Forsa polling company for Stern magazine and RTL television.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: angelamerkel; cdu; christiandemocrats; csu; merkel; parliament
Führet Angela!
To: MegaSilver
Damned Germans just cannot get away from a party with "social" or "socialism" attached can they?
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posted on
05/12/2004 3:08:57 PM PDT
by
RetiredArmy
(We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American Way! Toby Keith)
To: MegaSilver
Go CDP!
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posted on
05/12/2004 3:10:44 PM PDT
by
GOP_1900AD
(Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Right makes right!)
To: RetiredArmy
Damned Germans just cannot get away from a party with "social" or "socialism" attached can they?
The choice between the parties is somewhat like the choice between Marx and Engels, it's not just the names that have socialism in them.
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posted on
05/12/2004 3:11:09 PM PDT
by
tjwmason
(A voice from Merry England.)
To: tjwmason
The other nice little party they had that had socialism in it pretty much screwed the pooch didn't they. Ole National Socialism bunch of uncle Adolph and cousin Rudolph Hess.
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posted on
05/12/2004 3:13:21 PM PDT
by
RetiredArmy
(We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American Way! Toby Keith)
To: MegaSilver
Don't let the "Christian" in the title throw you off. I seriously doubt their agendas are Christian-friendly. They have Christian Democrats in Chile, too. Trust me, it's just a name.
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posted on
05/12/2004 3:14:30 PM PDT
by
wimpycat
("The road to the promised land runs past Sinai."-C.S. Lewis)
To: RetiredArmy
It doesn't matter what the Germans call their parties these days. We all know who they really are.
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posted on
05/12/2004 3:21:14 PM PDT
by
jimbo123
To: MegaSilver
What is scary is that even as the Germans lurch towards the right, they are still on the left. And even with this lead, the CDU is far from secure. Although they are the largest party, that is largely because the left is splintered...but they have a coalition.
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posted on
05/12/2004 4:26:39 PM PDT
by
blanknoone
(How many flips would a flip-flop flop if a flip-flop could flop flips?)
To: RetiredArmy
Damned Germans just cannot get away from a party with "social" or "socialism" attached can they?Actually, from what I've heard, the Christian Social Union--the Bavarian wing of the Christian Democratic Union--is, despite its name, more conservative than its elder sister party.
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posted on
05/12/2004 6:38:53 PM PDT
by
MegaSilver
(Training a child in red diapers is the cruelest and most unusual form of abuse.)
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