Contrary to indications from recent polling, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats lost control of the state parliament in Schleswig-Holstein today. The state has among the highest unemployment in Germany, which has recently posted the highest jobless number since the Second World War.
What concerns me is that the continued sluggishnes of the German economy creates opportunities for neo-Nazi groups exploiting people's suffering to push their poisonous ideology. Fortunately that group did not do well in the election today.
The elections in Schleswig-Holstein were considered an early indicator of Schroeder's prospects in national elections next year also.
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