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...Soon the logjam may be broken. Elections are being held this Sunday in two powerful states, Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg and polls show that Schröder's Social Democrats are likely to maintain their hold on the Rhineland while the vote in Baden-Württemberg is too close to call. The state has been governed by the cdu for almost 50 years, but if the sdp can pull off an upset, Schröder's party would once again control the upper house of parliament. That would affect not only Schröder's pending...
...Helping Schröder in Baden-Württemberg is the long shadow cast by a political funding scandal involving Helmut Kohl. The former Chancellor and cdu leader admitted receiving cash contributions that weren't reported as required by law, though he escaped criminal charges last month by agreeing to pay a $141,000 fine. Still, the scandal has left the Christian Democratic leadership in crisis. Angela Merkel, the new cdu leader chosen last year, has been trading insults with two rivals who covet her job: Friedrich Merz, the cdu's leader in par-liament, and Edmund Stoiber, head...
...Analysts say that if the cdu fails to hold the government of Baden-Württemberg, not only would its hopes of retaking the Bundesrat be dashed, but its preparations for next year's Germany-wide elections would be hobbled as well. "It would be a catastrophe for the cdu," said Axel Misch, a political science professor at the University of Saarland. "The implication is Merkel would have to resign, and I'm sure there would be major troubles within the party...
...from 25.1% to a projected 36%. What's clear is that only a coalition of parties will have enough votes to govern. The cdu currently rules in union with the Free Democrats, while the sdp partners with the Greens. But Schröder's followers in Baden-Württemberg have hinted they will try to form a coalition with both the Free Democrats and the Greens...
...skinheads, public support for far-right organizations is closely monitored in Germany. What's more, ballots for the Republicans are generally regarded as protest votes that would normally go to the more centrist cdu. In the 1996 election, the Republicans received 9.1% of the votes in Baden-Württemberg, but the prognosis for this year is just 5%. "I think this year the Republicans will do less well than last time," says Hajo Funke, an expert on the extreme right at the Free University of Berlin. "They're on the sidelines...