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09/18/2007: "German far right grows while other parties weaken"

News that the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) is nudging ahead of the mainstream Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the east German state of Saxony has shocked many Germans.

According to a recent opinion poll by the Forsa Institute, support for the neo-Nazi NPD is at 9%.

The poll suggests that the SPD would pick up only 8% of the vote if there were regional elections, while the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) would still maintain a clear lead at 39%.

[ Nationalists grow at 10% a year, while other parties decline or stagnate. Maybe those other parties just don't offer convincing answers? ]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6991349.stm