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...Freestyle: 1. Michael Peters (B) 15:51.70, 2. William Van Der Touw 16:01.34, 3. Michael Sabala...
...will be an interesting election. Only a year ago, Schröder looked unbeatable. His government had cut taxes without chopping social programs, proposed reforms for state pensions and come up with a plan to balance the budget. Still, the global economic slump hit Germany, with unemployment inching up to the important benchmark of 4 million. Schroder made an election pledge four years ago to get jobless numbers down to 3.5 million by the time of the election on Sept. 22. "The economy is the big issue," says Peter Lösche, a professor of political science at the University...
Perhaps more importantly for Stoiber, 60, poll results have consistently shown him leading Merkel as the favored candidate to oppose Schröder. With support ebbing away, Merkel said she met with Stoiber Friday morning and agreed to back him for the joint nomination, ending the bickering between the two parties. Later in the day she met with the CDU board, and it unanimously backed Stoiber to lead the election campaign...
Stoiber, who has ruled Bavaria since 1993, has some powerful credentials to use against Schröder, particularly on the economy. Unemployment in Bavaria, at 5.8%, is the lowest in Germany, and Stoiber has implemented a decidedly unconservative industrial policy that has lured many high-tech start-ups with promises of government subsidies. As a demonstration of how vulnerable the Social Democrats are on the economic front, last week Schröder said he planned to introduce short-term measures like subsidies designed to create low-paying jobs in a hurry...
...nearly a fifth of the vote in a Hamburg mayoral race recently for his new Law-and-Order Party, had threatened to field candidates nationwide if Merkel was the conservative choice, but not if Stoiber ran. Stoiber also takes a hard line on immigration, while Schröder has proposed a sweeping reform of immigration laws to allow more qualified foreign workers into the country. Voters have consistently shown themselves to be against increased immigration. If Stoiber should win, it could change the political climate in Europe. Along with Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister returned to power...