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 | | The main opposition parties are the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD, Social Democratic Party of Germany), which is strong in the Länder but has little influence at the national level, the Bündnis 90/die Grünen (Alliance 90/Greens) and the Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus (PDS, Party of Democratic Socialism). |
 | | The former party chairperson of the NPD, Günter Deckert, was repeatedly charged with insult during the year and in November was given seven months' probation for calling on a Jewish CDU politician and member of the Central Council of the Jews, Michel Friedman, to "go to Israel". |
 | | While extremist parties and neo-Nazi groups have, in recent years, lost some of their presence, they still attempt to develop new political strategies, which increasingly attempt to capitalize on problems such as unemployment and the fear of social decline. |
| www.axt.org.uk /antisem/archive/archive1/germany/germany.htm (7970 words) |
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