SPD slips in polls as cabinet reshaped

Article reports that popular support for Germany’s Social Democrats tumbled, November 2007, to its lowest level in the year, underlining the tough challenge facing Frank-Walter Steinmeier as the party’s new figurehead in Angela Merkel’s ruling 'grand coalition'.

Deutsche Welle, 22.11.07: Merkel's Government Shows the Strain at Halfway Mark http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2961190,00.html

Deutsche Welle, 21.11.07: Foreign Minister Takes Over as Germany's Vice Chancellor http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2958314,00.html

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