Word: thuringia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Third Way" policies. Schroeder?s ruling Social Democratic Party has been humbled in state elections twice in as many weeks as the party?s traditional support base stayed home to protest the chancellor?s proposed sweeping welfare cuts. Last Sunday?s elections in the former East German state of Thuringia saw Schroeder?s party not only turfed out of power, but also humiliated by finishing third behind the communists. With the eastern state of Saxony due to vote Sunday, the party is bracing for more bad news, and resistance to Schroeder?s leadership is mounting. "Schroeder?s reforms are drastic...