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	Encyclopedia: Christian Social Union in Bavaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Christian Democracy is a political ideology, born at the end of the 19th century, largely as a result of the papal encyclical Rerum Novarum of Pope Leo XIII, in which the Vatican recognizes workers misery and agrees that something should be done about it, in reaction to the rise of...
		Stoiber was born in Oberaudorf in the district of Rosenheim.
		CSU The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU – Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern e.V.) is a conservative political party in Germany.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Christian-Social-Union-in-Bavaria (1129 words)

	Social Democrats Lose by Landslide in Bavaria \| Germany \| Deutsche Welle \| 21.09.2003
		On the federal level, the Christian Democrats Union interpreted the victory of its smaller sister party as an obvious indication that the red-green reform politics in Berlin were not meeting with popular acceptance.
		Bavaria, on the other hand, with its motto of "laptops and lederhosen" has one of the country’s lowest unemployment rates at 6.7 percent, and according to Stoiber is the only part of Germany falling under the three-percent ceiling for the euro zone’s stability pact.
		"Bavaria should be a blueprint for all of Germany," Stoiber said on Sunday referring to his state’s successful economic track record and the failure of the SPD to make electoral inroads in Bavaria.
	www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,,976186,00.html (709 words)

	Christian Democratic Union (Germany) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		It is generally conservative on economic and social policy and more identified with the Roman Catholic, and to a lesser extent Protestant, churches than are the other major parties, although the party's emphasis on Christianity is markedly lower today than it was a few decades ago, and its programs are pragmatic rather than ideological.
		Election placard of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany for the German federal election, 2005.
		Opponents of the CDU are the social democratic SPD, the post-communist Left Party/PDS and the left-wing environmentalist Bündnis'90/Die Grünen.
	www.vacilando.org /_cliextra/baghdadmuseumorg/includepage.php?title=CDU&action=edit (1365 words)

	Social Democratic Party of Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD – Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) is the second oldest political party of Germany still in existence and also one of the oldest and richest in members in the world, celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2003.
		After World War I, the Social Democratic Party and the newly founded Communist Party of Germany (which consisted mostly of SPD defectors) became bitter rivals, not least because of the legacy of the German Revolution (see Weimar Republic).
		The leader of the Prussian government in Berlin, socialist Otto Braun was ousted by military coup on July 20, 1932 and the party was banned by the Nazis in 1933.
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	Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Following World War II, the Christian Democratic Union (Christlich Demokratische Union--CDU) was founded by a diverse group of Catholics and Protestants, businesspeople and trade unionists, and conservatives and moderates.
		The CDU is a national party except in the Land of Bavaria, where it is not active, in deference to its sister party, the Christian Social Union (Christlich-Soziale Union--CSU).
		Bavaria has the largest concentration of conservative, rural, Catholic voters, and the CSU has dominated politics there since 1957.
	www.germanculture.com.ua /library/facts/bl_cdu_csu.htm (1069 words)

	Christian Democratic Union of Germany - Unipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A moderate Christian party, the CDU is the biggest conservative political party in Germany.
		It is generally conservative on economic and social policy and more identified with the Roman Catholic, and to a lesser extent Protestant, churches than are the other major parties, although its programs are pragmatic rather than ideological.
		Opponents of the CDU are the social democratic SPD, the ex-communist PDS and the environmentalist Bündnis'90/Die Grünen.
	www.unipedia.info /CDU.html (894 words)

	The Militant - Vol.63/No.36 - October 18, 1999 -- Ultrarightist gains in Austria elections
		The Social Democratic party, which has been in the Austrian government for the last 30 years, lost close to 5 percent, down from 38.1 percent in 1995 to 33.4 percent.
		While Haider is against the European Union and especially its enlargement, he favors the expansion of NATO into Eastern and central Europe and calls for Austria to join the U.S.-dominated military alliance.
		The 13-year "grand coalition" between the Social Democrats and the People's Party, the two parties that in one form or another have governed since 1945, is a particular target for this demagogy.
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		Following his Social Democratic Party's heavy defeat in local elections in May 2005, Chancellor Gerhard SchrÃ¶der orchestrated a negative vote of confidence in Parliament on 1 July to pave the way for a new parliamentary election, insisting he needed a fresh mandate in order to continue his reforms to revive the German economy.
		Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), was supported by the CDU's sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), standing only in Bavaria, which had respectively won 190 and 58 seats in 2002.
		In July 2005, the new Left Party was formed by the Electoral Alternative for Work and Social Justice (WASG), a group of left-wing defectors from the SPD, and the ex-communist Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), consisting predominantly of MPs from eastern Germany, whose strength had decreased from 32 seats to 2 in the 2002 election.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/2121_E.htm (968 words)

	Crucial win of allies in Bavaria boosts Kohl's re-election campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Kohl's governing Christian Democrats hailed the victory by their Bavarian sister party as a sign that voter sentiment is shifting in their favor in the waning days of the national campaign.
		"This was a serious blow for the Social Democrats and especially for their chancellor candidate, who was their chief fighter here," said Bavaria's premier Edmund Stoiber, who led the Christian Social Union's campaign.
		But the Social Democrats played down the outcome, claiming Stoiber won by keeping his distance from Kohl and railing against the chancellor's pet project, the single European currency.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/world/98/09/14/germany.2-0.html (278 words)

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		Helmut Kohl, German chancellor for the last 16 years, and his Christian Democratic Party (CDU) are running well behind the Social Democrats (SPD) of Gerhard Schroeder in opinion polls as September 27 general elections approach.
		Edmund Stoiber, its Christian Social Union president, uses a tougher brand of conservatism on, say, crime and immigration than Mr.
		Under the headline "Christian Democrats Whistle in the Dark," Kister writes: "Certainly, there are limits to what the result of Sunday's election in the federal state of Bavaria says about the outcome of the general election to be held on September 27.
	www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/98-09/sep15a.rfe (844 words)

	Christian Social Union in Bavaria
		The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU - Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern) is a conservative political party in Germany.
		It operates exclusively in the state of Bavaria, while its sister party CDU runs in the rest of the country.
		The CSU has led the Bavarian state government practically since its existence, and without the need for a coalition government for most of the time, which is somewhat unique in Germany.
	www.fastload.org /ch/Christian_Social_Union_in_Bavaria.html (144 words)

	Christian Social Union -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		German Christlich-Soziale Union conservative German political party that was founded in Bavaria (Bayern), West Germany, in 1946 by various Roman Catholic and Protestant groups and committed to free enterprise, federalism, and a united Europe that would operate under Christian principles.
		For much of the 20th century, the Radical Civic Union (UCR) was the primary opposition party to the Peronists, who are represented by the Justicialist Party.
		One was a gathering called the Prayer Union and the other an association to found a home for nurses returning from the Crimean War.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9082422 (787 words)

	World Markets Research Centre: In Focus 2002 - Western Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The way in which Schröder has been repositioning himself in the international arena in the aftermath of the 11 September terrorist attacks on the US sends a clear signal that he will dominate the forthcoming election campaign and dictate the issues that are at stake for a 'new Germany'.
		Unemployment remains, as one observer put it, the country's biggest growth indicator, and it is expected to hit the 4m mark by the time of the 2002 election.
		Nevertheless, the government has bargained hard with trade unions and has gained an assurance that demands for pay increases will be toned down in 2002 in light of the economy's current slowdown.
	www.worldmarketsanalysis.com /InFocus2002/articles/westeurope_EU_falling_star.html (2959 words)

	Guessing About the German Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Christian Democrat Union (CDU), the Christian Social Union (CSU) of Bavaria, and their coalition partner, the Free Democrats (FDP), won the right to try to form a government because they bested the Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens by a few seats in the Bundestag.
		Christian Democrats were returned to, and remained in, power under Chancellor Helmut Kohl until Kohl and some colleagues accepted millions of dollars in under-the-table contributions.
		After it was clear that the Greens declined to be part of a Grand Coalition with Christian Democrats, Dr. Merkel turned to the SPD to form the Grand Coalition.
	www.freecongress.org /commentaries/2005/051020.asp (1109 words)

	Germany Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, ...
		Several events, including a party-financing scandal in the early 1980s and an electoral campaign in Schleswig-Holstein marked by dirty tricks in the late 1980s, have contributed to increased public distrust of the parties.
		Although only 3 to 4 percent of voters were members of a political party, all the major parties experienced a decrease in party membership in the early 1990s, possibly a result of the increased distrust of political parties.
		Kohl's governing coalition benefited from an increasingly positive economic outlook in Germany and from the fact that the opposition Social Democratic candidate, Rudolf Scharping, was seen by many as lackluster (see Political Developments since Unification, this ch.).
	www.photius.com /countries/germany/government/germany_government_christian_democratic~7787.html (1938 words)

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		The 16 states (Länder) are Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony&endash;Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein and Thuringia.
		Studies in history of art, social literature and history of economics in Hamburg.
		High school, in 1972 and studies in social welfare matters, in 1974 Catholic University for social work, graduation in 1978 in Social work.
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	Critics Pounce on SPD After Bavaria Losses \| Germany \| Deutsche Welle \| 22.09.2003
		With a final result of 60.7 percent of the votes, Bavaria’s Christian Social Union won its first-ever two-thirds majority in a state parliament.
		A win for the CSU, the Bavarian sister party of the national Christian Democratic Union, was certain from the get-go, but the overwhelming numbers were a blow to the SPD.
		Indeed, voter turnout for the Bavaria election was reported at an all-time low of 57 percent.
	www.dw-world.de /english/0,3367,1432_A_976536_1_A,00.html (678 words)

	portland imc - 2005.05.23 - "PENTAGON TV" HITS THE AIRWAVES ON ADELPHIA
		After Christian forces were defeated in the Middle East, in 1211 they moved to Transylvania, from where they were soon expelled in 1225.
		Born as Franz Strauß in Munich as the second child of a butcher, Strauß studied germanistics, history and economics at the University of Munich from 1935 to 1939.
		Edmund Rüdiger Stoiber (born September 28, 1941) is a German politician, currently minister-president of the state of Bavaria and chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU).
	portland.indymedia.org /en/2005/05/317986.shtml (1812 words)

	Christian Social Union -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		From 1946 the CSU has held the government of Bavaria continuously with only one exception, in 1954–57, though it was forced to form coalition governments with minor parties until it achieved an absolute majority in 1962.
		Nationally it has cooperated closely with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which operates in all the German states except Bavaria.
		The CSU was led from 1961 to 1988 by Franz Josef Strauss, a member of the Bundestag from 1949 and a frequent federal minister in CDU-CSU federal governments, notably minister of defense in 1956–62 and of finance in 1966–69.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9082422 (937 words)

	CNN.com
		He could make all of Germany more like Bavaria, his home state, the state he is premiere of, and a place where the economy has been much more successful, where people are more affluent than in the rest of Germany.
		The minister tells a news conference her comments to a small group of union members were misquoted by a local newspaper.
		Stoiber is the candidate of the union, of Christian Democrats and Christian Socialists, and that's why he's getting elected, because people believe in the party, but the more popular candidate is Schroeder, definitely.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0209/20/i_ins.01.html (3612 words)

	Christian Social Union in Bavaria bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Christian Social Union in Bavaria bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon
		Only in 1957 in the Saarland did the CSU run against CDU candidates, but this section of the CSU later merged with the CDU.
		A planchet is a round metal disk that is ready to be struck as a coin.
	www.elexi.de /en/c/ch/christian_social_union_in_bavaria.html (364 words)

	Germany and the pain of choice
		As the leading economy in the European Union (and number three worldwide), the country’s economic performance has regional impact in the EU and well beyond.
		Still, the accomplishments achieved, if one indeed wishes to call them such, have had the effect of relieving the political standstill and halting the social roll-backs the Kohl-Government was infamous for.
		There was little to call Christian about the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and even less to consider social about the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU), the two conservative parties of the Kohl-regime.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/international_affairs_comments/89086 (521 words)

	Germany Analysis
		The areas of consideration are (1) cultural, social, and demographic trends and concerns, (2) political/governmental concerns, (3) exchange rate issues, and (4) macroeconomic issues.
		Cultural, Social, and Demographic Trends and Concerns Germany is the slightly larger then the combined size of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York.
		The EU is a union of fifteen independent states based on the European Communities and founded to enhance political, economic, and social co-operation.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Christian Democratic Union of Germany
		It is also a member of the International Democrat Union.
		In Bavaria, the CDU does not exist; its role is played by the Christian Social Union (CSU).
		They also strive for a free and unified Germany along with integrating all European countries and strengthening the European Union.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany (752 words)

	Fertility-based pensions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		If Bavaria's Christian Social Union, and parts of its sister party, the Christian Democratic Union, had their way, the Germans' financial security in old age would once again depend on their individual fertility.
		It's just as well, then, that medical research tries to fulfill every wish for offspring because this helps the politicians who are trying to make childbearing a social duty.
		In the future, anyone who does not follow the demand “Be fertile and multiply“ would be punished, for example through lower payouts from nursing care and pension insurance.
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