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| | Christian News, Updated Daily - Christian Today > The Pope & Christian Democrats call for Strong Christian Convictions ... |
 | | Friedrich, Chairman of the Christian Democratic Protestant Association accused leftist groups in the EU-Parliament of an “intolerable ignorance of the Christian faith”. | | | The Christian Democratic Protestant Association criticised the new EU constitution for making no reference to God or the Christian faith. | | | In relation to the Buttiglione’s situation, it is evident to say that most MEPs are determined to hold onto a vision of the EU as a secular entity, which is in contrast to the view of the Vatican as well as most Protestant Churches across Europe. |
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| | J.J. Bennett - Politics & More: Christian Democrats? |
| | If you are a Christian, you believe in the teachings of the Bible, and you believe that the Bible is the Word of God. | | | If you are a Christian, I encourage you to use the supernatural reason you have been given and to rely upon the Bible and the revealed will of the Holy Spirit. | | | I agree with you, Christians are not to live their lives with the primary focus of acquiring wealth. |
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http://jjbennett.blogspot.com/2005/01/christian-democrats.html
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| | Christian democrats were full of platitudes from the Bible that got in the way of utility. | | | Christian economic conservatives believed in the goals, all of them, of their liberal brothers and sisters. | | | The Christian democrats socialized medicine, placing the state in the role of the priest and patriarch. |
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http://www.johnmarkreynolds.com/2004/12/death-of-holland-and-christian.html
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| | thoughts: Christian Republicans vs. Christian Democrats |
| | Christian's primary purpose for living on earth is to share the gospel of Jesus Christ to others. | | | A Christian's purpose is to share your faith with others and to spread the gospel around the world, period. | | | Democrats need to be more receptive to those who are pro-life and believe in traditional marriage. |
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http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/thoughts/archives/2004/04/02_01_53.php
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Christian Democracy |
| | In the very nature of Christianity, in the spirit of the Church, in the mission of the clergy (cf. | | | Then came the political and religious struggles which the Church had to face during the long pontificate of Pius IX and the early years of Leo XIII's rule. | | | Popular Catholic action, therefore, means that the scope mapped out for the activity of the organization is the well-being of the people; and that the movement proceeds along Catholic lines, under the guidance of Catholic leaders. |
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| | PublicChristian |
| | People getting belligerent about their Christian faith is often a sign that the faith is not really being practiced. | | | There are other Christians there besides me. I have already had all the arguments about abortion, and made my point that not ALL Christians are the same as the greedy people who are at best Pharisees in Washington, D.C. The people at the DCP understand me, and I them. | | | I discovered that in all three of the religions of Abraham [Judaism, Christianity, Islam], fundamentalist movements distort the tradition they are trying to defend by emphasizing the belligerent elements in their tradition and overlooking the insistent and crucial demand for compassion. |
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http://www.publicchristian.com
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| | Christians for NATO mission statement |
| | In the current political set-up in America, we Christians that want another alterative to the mean spirited and religious exclusiveness of the evangelical, religious right. | | | They were experienced statesmen, and above all committed Christians, who therefore share a profound belief in the religious roots of Europe. | | | Strong belief in tolerance and human rights for the people of other religions, while speaking out for the human rights of oppressed Christians. |
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| | Gator Christian Democrats |
| | We encourage Christians to apply their faith to all political questions, rather than narrow their focus to only a couple of issues. | | | The Bible teaches that it is up to us as Christians to stand up for the poor and needy. | | | What these people are really saying is something like this: "I know that the essence of my faith is to care for the weakest members of society, but I don't want to do so with the most powerful instrument that God has given me, not with the instrument that could reach the most people. |
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http://www.gatorchristiandemocrats.blogspot.com
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| | Christian Century: Democrats in defeat ponder 'values gap' |
| | But if one is talking about traditional "religious" conversation, then political observers, including many Democrats, say the larger problem for the party is its reluctance--or inability--to talk about faith with voters in a meaningful way, especially in Bush-friendly states. | | | Experts say the problem is twofold: one part policy, one part perception. | | | FindArticles > Reference and Education > Christian Century > Nov 30, 2004 > Article |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1058/is_24_121/ai_n8702454
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| | Christian Democrats return to power (from Germany) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia |
| | Resource for Sunday school teachers and "Christian communicators" designed to "convey spiritual truth in interesting and life-changing ways." Includes lesson plans, teacher suggestions, book reviews with links to ordering information, an online bulletin board advice forum, and links to a collection of additional resources, youth organizations, and Christian sites. | | | Text of a letter, written by Aymeric, patriarch of Antioch, to King Louis VII of France, describing the condition of Christian forces in the Middle East after the Second Crusade. | | | The Decline of Christian Power in the Holy Land, 1164 |
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| | Is being republican un-Christian? Democrats.com |
| | Many Christians like to believe Jesus was a different person then he really was. | | | As a Christian myself, I have to say that I feel very strongly about fighting hunger and poverty. | | | I also disagree that the Bible is a good moral guide.(I read it cover to cover 3 versions) I am not trying to make problems I am just stating my opinion like you have. |
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| | xxx church :: the prayer wall - Christian Democrats?? |
| | There is also a little thing called seperation of church from state, which I am by the way a strong beleiver in. | | | Not to judge, as that's God's job, but is there such thing as a Democrat Christian?? | | | Not to judge, as that's God's job, but is there such a thing as a Republican Christian? |
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| | Christian Democrats |
| | Kudos to Public Theology for their article "Keeping the Democratic Faith" with links about suggestions for democrats to better address faith and politics. | | | We believe that the values of the Democratic Party best reflect the universal value of the Golden Rule -- "Do unto others and you would have them do unto you." | | | This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar. |
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| | Christian Democratic parties of Europe |
| | Unlike their conservative counterparts in America, European Christian Democrats place some faith in social and family programs and safety nets. | | | The Bavarian Catholic, Christian Social Union (CSU), elected Helmut Kohl in 1982. | | | Likewise, the Christian Democrats also hold "traditional" views on the roles of women and the family in society. |
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| | Christian Democrats Debunking Myths since 2004 |
| | It's a so-called "Christian Principles in an Election Year" put out by the National Council of Churches USA. | | | I'm sure he would not mind if you contacted him for some debate even if you're not a UF student. | | | This is a website devoted to those of the Christian faith who also happen to be Democrats. |
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| | Religious Right Leaders Call Democrats "Anti-Christian" Then Deny It |
| | Responding to criticism of Frist's participation in "Justice Sunday" by the Rev. | | | An April 26 Knight Ridder article on "Justice Sunday" quoted Perkins insisting, "We are not saying that people who disagree with us are not people of faith. | | | In addition to casting opponents of Bush's judicial nominees as anti-Christian, these groups have accused Democrats of prejudice against people of the Christian faith. |
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http://www.yuricareport.com/BattleForJudiciary/TonyPerkinsDemocratsAntiChristian.html
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| | Germany: Christian Democrats mount racist campaign |
| | He and others claimed that the churches of both confessions were the only institutions to survive the Third Reich with a morally clean slate. | | | A look across the border underlines this process. | | | The former CDU minister Christian Schwarz-Schilling and the executive member of the Jewish community Michel Friedmann (CDU) are quoted as decrying "the intensification of emotions with regard to the issue of immigration". |
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| | ChristianDemocrats.com - Christian Democrat and Proud of It!! |
| | And just to be clear: I have hundreds of friends who are Republicans, and I have hundreds of friends who are not Christians — and I completely respect their rights to choose their party and their religion. | | | Click Here to read about the "God Gap" | | | But more importantly, I am a CHRISTIAN who was offended during the 2004 election when the Republican Party made it seem like a “sin” to vote Democratic. |
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| | Corruption scandal shakes Germany´s Christian Democrats |
| | It reveals the gap between the fine words of "democrats" and "civilised christians" and their actual rottenness. | | | The Christian Democratic Party (CDU) which until the end of 1999 appeared to be the most solid and united bourgeois party in Europe and given the difficulties for Schröder´s "red-green" coalition had appeared to be close to a return to power, suddenly saw its popular support shrink from day to day. | | | Like old women who do not trust the banks and keep their savings in stockings or under their pillows, the Christian democrats used messengers who carried millions of Deutsche Marks in banknotes from one place to the other. |
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http://www.marxist.com/Europe/germany_kohl_scandal.html
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| | San Marino |
| | According to tradition, San Marino was founded in AD 301 by a Christian stonecutter, Marinus, who sought refuge on Mount Titano from religious persecution. | | | The 1983 election left control in leftist hands, but in July 1986 a new Christian Democrat-Communist coalition was formed. | | | Two members of the council, called captains-regent, are elected for six months to preside over the country's executive body, the Congress of State. |
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| | Christdot :: Christ. Period. :: Christian Democrats |
| | I heard about this guy who called himself "evangelical," said he lived a "Bible-centered life," had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
and voted for Al Gore over George W. Bush. | | | While it's true that many Catholics are pro-life and dislike the Democrats' position on abortion, they tend also to be more interested in social issues, such as health care, and may be influenced by opposition to the Iraq war expressed by the pope and the bishops. | | | by the way, just to defend the comments that i'm sure will come with this post, i didn't vote for Al Gore and i didn't post this to try to persuade anyone to vote democrat next year. |
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http://christdot.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2070&mode=&order=0&thold=0
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| | Christian Democrats (Sweden) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Ideologically it is a Nordic Christian Democrat party, having a big part of their voter base among those who belong to free churches - Methodists, Baptists, etc. These churches have many followers in Småland, which is the region where the party is strongest. | | | The party was founded in the 1960s but did not enter parliament until 1985 in an electoral alliance with the Centre Party and on their own accord in 1991. | | | This page was last modified 18:12, 9 October 2005. |
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| | Christian Democrats Home |
| | This is the quandary that many Christian Democrats find themselves in. | | | Wade were Republicans; of the two justices who dissented, one was a Republican, one a Democrat. | | | Wade decided nothing, and instead provoked a violent outcry among many Christians that continues to this day. |
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| | Christian Democrats support non-government Christian education |
| | Recently we stood against the Australian Democrats’ amendment in the Upper House in December to remove the exclusion of religious schools and Churches from the Anti-discrimination Act 1977 section 56D. | | | NSW MP, Gordon Moyes MLC said, “The Christian Democratic Party supports the priority education issues of the Catholic Education Commission and Christian Schools Australia which were presented to the political parties for the NSW election. | | | “The Christian Democratic Party is the only party in the NSW Parliament who are enthusiasts for non-government religious based schools. |
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| | Christian Democrats regroup |
| | The Christian Democrats are only beginning the debate on their future after their election defeat. | | | In his convention speech, he said the Christian Democrats must stay united behind their core values – the free market, European unity, law and order and a commitment to social justice rooted in Christianity. | | | But he also chipped away at Kohl's legacy, making clear that the Christian Democrats had lost touch with voters during his reign. |
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| | El Salvador THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS: A CENTRIST ALTERNATIVE? - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural ... |
| | Duarte himself came to the PDC without a strong ideological grounding, but his belief in the possibility of peaceful democratic change, as well as his personal magnetism, made up for that initial shortcoming. | | | The roots of Christian democratic ideology extended back as far as Pope Leo XIII's encyclical Rerum Novarum (1891), which called on Christians to work for social and economic reform. | | | The PCN began as a splinter group from the Christian Democratic Party (Partido Democrata Cristiano--PDC), which eventually became the leading opponent of the PCN and a major force for peaceful change in the Salvadoran system. |
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| | Metaforum.it > Enrico Berlinguer - Biografia From Wikipedia |
| | He was the first cousin of Francesco Cossiga (who was a leader of the Italian Christian Democrats and later became a President of the Italian Republic), and both were relatives of Antonio Segni, another Christian Democrat leader and President of the Republic. | | | At the end of 1944, Togliatti appointed him to the national secretariat of the Communist Organisation for Youth (FGCI); he was soon sent to Milan, and in 1945 he was appointed to the Central Committee as a member. | | | The son of Don Mario Berlinguer and Maria Loriga, Enrico was born in Sassari, Italy to a noble and important Sardinian family, in a notable cultural context and with familiar and political relationships that would have heavily influenced his life and his career. |
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| | German Christian Democrats Vow to Fight on Against £14m Corruption Fine |
| | The penalty was imposed after revelations that the Hessen branch of the Christian... | | | It was repeatedly alleged that the Christian Democrats had hushed up the contributions to hide the fact that they were made in return for favours either promised or received. | | | German Christian Democrats Vow to Fight on Against £14m Corruption Fine |
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| | Christian Democrats attack opposition over Christian principles - news from ekklesia |
| | In a statement, she said that as a member of parliament for the past five years, she had "witnessed first-hand in the National Assembly how the DA applies their policies, which are certainly not in line with Christian principles". | | | During the war of words the Democratic Alliance's national chairperson Joe Seremane said the African Christian Democratic Party should not present itself as the sole custodian of the Christian faith. | | | The accusation follows a row between political parties over a comment made by Deputy President Jacob Zuma that the ANC would rule until Jesus returned. |
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| | swisspolitics.org Christian Democrats support closer EU ties |
| | The Christian Democrats voted in favour of both accords | | | The Christian Democrats also voted by 185 to 1 in favour of the extending the free movement of people to the new and mostly eastern European EU countries. | | | The Schengen/Dublin treaty forms part of the second set of bilateral accords with the EU, which were approved by parliament in December. |
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| | Kohl quits Christian Democrats in scandal |
| | "I have been a Christian Democratic Union member for 50 years. | | | "I cannot bring myself to break the promise I made to several personalities who financially supported my work in the Christian Democratic Union," Kohl said in a statement. | | | Kohl says he gave his word to keep the donors secret. |
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| | Bundestag elections drive Germany into political chaos - PRAVDA.Ru |
| | It became clear after the first results of the voting were unveiled that the conservatives from the Christian Democratic Union received the majority of electors' votes. | | | The Christian Democratic Union lost the previous elections four years ago because of such pro-American views. | | | A lot of them were still uncertain about their choices as the voting day was drawing near. |
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| | GOP Congressman Calls Democrats Anti-Christian |
| | "Like a moth to a flame, Democrats can't help themselves when it comes to denigrating and demonizing Christians," he said. | | | Business on the floor of the House was halted for 45 minutes yesterday after Rep. John N. Hostettler (R-Ind.) accused Democrats of "denigrating and demonizing Christians," prompting a furious protest from across the aisle. | | | Hostettler, speaking against the amendment, asserted that "the long war on Christianity in America continues today on the floor of the House of Representatives" and "continues unabated with aid and comfort to those who would eradicate any vestige of our Christian heritage being supplied by the usual suspects, the Democrats." |
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| | Germany-Election, 1st Writethru |
| | A Social Democratic official who declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue, confirmed the meeting would take place after both parties met with their traditional allies first. | | | Guenther Beckstein - interior minister in the state of Bavaria and a member of the Christian Social Union, the Christian Democrats' sister party - agreed that the coalition was the way forward. | | | The Social Democrats also scheduled a vote on their parliamentary leader, Franz Muentefering, also unopposed. |
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| | Fanfani, Amintore on Encyclopedia.com |
| | The Italian state: no longer Catholic, no longer Christian. | | | A noted scholar, he held several cabinet posts after World War II and was secretary of the Christian Democratic party from 1954 to 1959. | | | In 1973, he resigned from that post to again become secretary of the Christian Democrats, but he returned to the senate in 1976 and was its president for six more years. |
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| | EU Christian Democrats Attack 'Cynical' Turkey Report |
| | And Watson was dismissive of those whose only argument was about Islam's place in a Christian Europe. | | | His centre-right Christian Democrat colleague Elmar Brok joined the attack on Verhuegen, alleging Brussels was making light of torture. | | | German Christian Democrat MEP Hans-Gert Poettering attacked EU enlargement chief Günter Verhuegen over a Brussels assessment that Turkey did not practice "systematic torture". |
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| | Coalition calculus clouds German election - Boston.com |
| | "For the Social Democrats, they have to ask the question: under which configuration can they do it, and the grand coalition is the most possible," Niedermayer said. | | | Merkel has praised Schroeder's reforms, while saying they should go further. | | | The countdown clock at the Christian Democratic Union's headquarters confidently proclaimed "another 23 days until the change." The party of conservative challenger Angela Merkel is indeed well ahead of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats. |
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| | Christian Democrats (Finland) - ArtPolitic Encyclopedia of Politics : Information Portal |
| | The party was founded in 1958, chiefly of the Christian faction of the Conservative National Coalition Party. | | | The Christian Democrats have a tendency of forming alliances other parties during elections. | | | The name was initially Finnish Christian League (Suomen Kristillinen Liitto or SKL). |
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| | BBC NEWS Europe Christian Democrats take Dutch poll |
| | Mr Balkenende has said Christian Democrats should be proud of the "consolidation we have booked". | | | Labour is keen to form a centrist coalition with the Christian Democrats, even though both parties are poles apart on some key issues, the BBC's Geraldine Coughlan says. | | | Labour leader Wouter Bos told the party faithful: "It's a fantastic evening and a fantastic result." |
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| | CNN - Heat still on Germany's Christian Democrats despite Kohl resignation - January 19, 2000 |
| | The Christian Democrats were expected to present the auditors' report next week. | | | Party leaders acknowledge that Kohl's retreat will not bring an end to the major fund-raising scandal shaking the conservative Christian Democrats. | | | The Berlin newspaper BZ quoted Schaeuble as telling the emergency leadership meeting Tuesday that auditors reviewing the party's books had described its practices as money laundering. |
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| | CNN.com - World - Germany's Christian Democrats pick new faction leader - February 29, 2000 |
| | His election as the faction leader of the Christian Democrats and their Bavarian sister party in parliament is intended to polish the Christian Democrats' battered image. | | | Trying to put its most damaging scandal firmly in the past, the Christian Democratic Union elected Friedrich Merz as chairman of its parliamentary group. | | | Ruehe just lost a state election over the weekend, but some Christian Democrats say he prevented a worse election outcome. |
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| | D9D1E2 - weblog - 03/01 |
| | But not voting Labour might mean that the Christian Democrats will win the election and form a coalition with the conservatives and the LPF or the D66 political reform party. | | | Possible reasons why people voted Christian Democrat: keeping Labour from winning the elections; clearing the way for a center-right Balkenende II cabinet; ensuring there will be a strong Christian voice in the cabinet, be it center-left or center-right. | | | There are three major polls over here: according to one Labour would become the largest fraction in parliament after the elections, according to the others the Christian Democrats are still a few seats ahead but Labour is gaining on them. |
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| | Christian Democrats - A Xanga Blogring |
| | Being Christian and being a Democrat are not mutually exclusive, although many people would like to believe they are. | | | I'm a devout Catholic, a native Texan, and a diehard Democrat, and no, I don't find any of those to be in conflict with each other. | | | Fight against stereotypes and pigeonholing and stand up for your beliefs! |
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| | RTE News - Netherlands to elect Christian Democrats |
| | RTE News - Netherlands to elect Christian Democrats | | | That would be an increase of two from its current 43. | | | The populist anti-immigrant Pim Fortuyn List, which entered into a coalition with the Christian Democrats after May's election, appears to be showing a dramatic loss of support. |
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| | Germany: The Woman Breathing Life into the Christian Democrats |
| | And in her first electoral test, a mid-May ballot in North Rhine-Westphalia, the CDU scored a better-than-expected 37% share of the vote. | | | That's possible in the upper house, where the CDU and its sister party, the Christian Socialists, control enough seats to block Schroder on legislation. | | | Up till now, Merkel has revealed little about her economic views. |
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| | German opposition shifts campaign focus after Schroeder surge |
| | German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of the Social Democrats Party (L) and Angela Merkel, leader of the Christian Democratic Union party and candidate for chancellor of the conservative opposition, pose in Berlin prior the taping of a television debate to be broadcast later in the day. | | | The German press said on Monday that the nomination of the controversial Kirchhof had been a godsend for Schroeder, who had been trailing badly in the opinion polls as voters punished him for the deeply unpopular structural and economic reforms he has imposed during his seven years in office. | | | "In the next few days we must say to the people how we see the future of this country, and not have a discussion about personnel," the general secretary of Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, Volker Kauder, told a press conference. |
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| | CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS CRITICIZE HUNGARY'S RIGHT WING |
| | Prime Minister Viktor Orban, recently urged "especially young Christians" to help his country to overcome its Communist past and the new era's social challenges. | | | But Van Velzen, who is also a Dutch Christian Democratic Euro-lawmaker, warned that "ofcourse there can be no co-operation with MIEP," and the EPP-ED, the largest political group in the European Parliament. | | | In his Parliamentary speeches, MIEP-President Istvan Csurka reaches conclusions that hint at a world-wide conspiracy of "International Jews" and Hungarian "communist Jews", according to the report Anti-Semitic Discourse in Hungary 2000. |
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| | EXIT POLLS: Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats fail to secure a ruling majority in Germany |
| | But she could be forced into a grand coalition with the Social Democrats. | | | Ms Merkel - who wants to introduce far-reaching reforms to revive a flagging economy - said she had a "clear mandate" to govern. | | | I kept reading about the Social Democrat PArty and the next part I read was something about Hitler adding in the "Nationalist" into the title - but further reading stated he hated socialists especially anything liberally sexual in nature which I assume from that statement the two went hand in hand (no pun intended). |
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| | Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Swedish Christian Democrats elect leader |
| | Haegglund, 45, replaced Alf Svensson, who led the party for 31 years, the longest tenure of any party leader in the Scandinavian country. | | | Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Swedish Christian Democrats elect leader | | | A member of the Riksdag, or parliament, since 1991, Haegglund faces the daunting task of luring voters back to the Christian Democrats. |
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| | Dutch elections shows ruling Christian Democrats posting narrow win over Labor |
| | The Christian Democrats and Labor could join forces in an uncomfortable alliance, as they did in the 1980s, but Balkenende has said he wanted to avoid that. | | | With 98 percent of the votes counted, the Christian Democrats had a two-seat margin over Labor, which had been decimated in the last election eight months ago, reported the state-financed broadcasting network NOS. | | | The governing Christian Democrats moved toward a narrow defeat over the Labor Party in Dutch elections Wednesday, nearly complete returns showed. |
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