The German politician Oskar Lafontaine (born 1943) was prime minister of the West German Land of Saar and the unsuccessful Social Democratic Party (SPD) candidate for chancellor in 1990. He was German...
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Fuerth, Germany - Germany's Left Party, led by former East German
communists, won overwhelming support Saturday from leftists in the
west of Germany for a merger of their se...
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BERLIN, Jan 27 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's
conservatives suffered heavy losses in an election in the
western state of Hesse on Sunday, dealing her a blow ahead of
next year's nat...
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Oskar Lafontaine
Western group votes to merge with Germany's Left Party
