Schröder seeks early election

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Series Details 23.5.05
Publication Date 23/05/2005
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's Social Democratic Party suffered a crushing defeat to the Christian Democratic Union Party in regional elections in North Rhine-Westphalia on 22 May 2005. The region had been a stronghold for the SDP for forty years. Mr Schröder immediately announced an early general election.

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BBC News, 23 May 2005: Schroeder plans confidence vote http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4572903.stm

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