Schroeder rebuffed by German voters
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was rebuffed by German voters in a crushing defeat for his party in two state elections, which conservatives read as a clear signal to allies, especially Washington, that voters reject his isolationist course on the question of war with Iraq.
Slumping to lows not seen in decades, the Social Democrats lost control of councils in Schroeder’s home state of Lower Saxony to the conservative Christian Democrats, which also sharply increased its governing majority in Hesse state.
