[PEN-L:33167] SPD slumps in Germany

[Chris Burford <cburford@xxxxxxxxxx>]

After Schroeder won the German elections on 22 September, neck and neck
with the CDU at 38.5% of the electorate aided by the better improvement of
their allies the greens compared to the  FDP, thei vote has spiralled down,
as a result of government spending cuts and a perception that the
government is incapable fo handling the financial danger.

The SPD at 28% is now 21% behind the CDU at 49%. The Greens have increased
to 10% and the FDP, rent by its poor electoral perfomance and an
embarrasing expulsion of a leading figure, have slumped to 5%, the same as
the PDS.

http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/emnid.htm

Chris Burford

London