Word: socialist
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Confusion has a hold on the largest country of the European Union even two weeks after national elections were held. Never in memory did Germans face such ambiguous results: neither of the two main parties, the center-right Union of Christian Democrats (CDU) and the incumbent Socialist Party (SPD), has achieved the majority required to lead the country, even in coalition with their respective traditional partners, the Liberals for the CDU and the Greens for the SPD. And yet this was an election with a seemingly clear ideological divide: liberal reform to shake Germany out of its economic...
...made $10 an hour and tried to live in Boston, you’d be fighting to organize, too,” said Socialist Alternative member Johnhenry R. “Hank” Gonzalez...
...change." These are the Social Democrats, who turned against their own reforms during the campaign, the Greens, who think that "social justice" and ecological correctness trump growth, and the newest entrant, the Left Party, which roped in 9% of the vote with a kind of reactionary socialist utopia: down with globalization, more welfare, less competition, "soak the rich...
...While the Socialists joined the Chiraquiens in rejoicing over Merkel's performance, they also have reason for concern over the happenings on the German left as well. After all, their cousins in Schroeder's SPD would have won hands-down if it weren't for the renegade Left party of Oskar Lafontaine and Gregor Gysi, with its roots in the old East Germany ruling party. The French Socialists have been here before, of course: Their candidate Lionel Jospin failed to reach the second round of the 2002 presidential elections because so many traditionally Socialist voters opted for stronger tobacco...
...member Parliament. This time around, no one is expecting the minnows to poll so strongly - not even strong newcomer the Maori Party, which is tipped to win five seats. Some small parties could end up with no seats; others, like Jim Anderton's Progressives, Labour's socialist-lite coalition partner, could be reduced to a paltry two M.P.s...