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      schrieb am 03.11.02 14:28:26
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      Story [ 03.11.2002 14:23:08 ]


      Schroeder`s support tumbles to record low
      By Erik Kirschbaum
      BERLIN, Nov 3 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Gerhard
      Schroeder`s broken election promise not to raise taxes has
      triggered the most dramatic drop in support for any new
      government since World War Two.
      Six weeks after narrowly winning a second term, Schroeder`s
      Social Democrats (SPD) have dropped eight percentage points
      behind the conservative opposition in voter surveys.
      "We`re in a difficult situation," SPD parliamentary leader
      Franz Muentefering told German television on Sunday, after new
      opinion polls showed a massive erosion of support for Schroeder.
      "There are a lot of problems facing our country due to
      slowing economic growth," Schroeder`s campaign manager added.
      "There`s no way to put a positive spin on it. We have to be
      honest about it. We don`t have any illusions."
      Schroeder promised not to raise taxes before the September
      election but has since raised levies on items ranging from
      energy to flowers. He also wants to raise insurance payments for
      unemployment, health and pensions costing average wage-earners
      some 1,000 euros per year and add new burdens to business.
      Included in Schroeder`s programme of tax increases and
      spending cuts, which he said became necessary because of
      worsening fiscal conditions discovered after the election, is
      also a plan to slash a popular subsidy for homeowners. Taxes on
      share profits and property earnings will also be introduced.
      Schroeder`s defeated conservative challenger Edmund Stoiber
      said: "Voters have the right to feel cheated.
      Schroeder blames the slowing economy. "There is no
      alternative to making adjustments now to the new economic
      conditions," he said on Saturday.

      BOTCHED START
      Two opinion polls published at the weekend show the SPD
      falling more than three points to 35 percent, while the
      conservative Christian Democrats climbed nearly five points to
      43 percent.
      "Never before has a government made such a stumbled start,"
      said Klaus-Peter Schoeppner, managing director of the Emnid
      polling institute. "Most voters feel they`re being hit by more
      rules, more taxes for companies and less cash for consumers."
      In another survey by the Infratest-Dimap polling group, 84
      percent said they didn`t believe government claims that they
      were unaware of the economic and fiscal squeeze facing the
      country before the election.
      "It`s the steepest plunge in support for a new government
      since the war," said Dietmar Herz, political science professor
      at Erfurt University. "Schroeder`s made a lot of mistakes.
      "Voters are deeply disappointed. Some knew the `no tax`
      pledge couldn`t be kept, but they`re still angry. Schroeder`s
      trying to cram in all the pain at the start."
      Finance Minister Hans Eichel was portrayed as a vampire,
      with fangs and blood dripping from his lips, in a photo montage
      in Bild daily because of his drive for more tax revenues.
      Newspapers and magazines have been filled with letters from
      voters expressing their wrath at Schroeder.
      "I voted for Schroeder but I`m really angry at him now for
      breaking promises," said Inge Meysel, a leading German actress.
      Even Schroeder`s close friend, rock musician Marius
      Mueller-Westernhagen, said he was dismayed.
      "Like many others I feel disappointed," he told Bild am
      Sonntag newspaper. "You can`t make economic policies that
      contradict business interests."
      ((Erik Kirschbaum, Berlin newsroom, +49 30 2888 5210))
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      mal wieder ein trauriger Rekord des Kleiderständers :O


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