North Rhine Westphalia: The Land election that dismissed a federal government

Regional and Federal Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 347-354

  Nagel, Klaus Jurgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Germany; Landtag elections; North Rhine Westphalia

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; FEDERAL SYSTEM; POLITICS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 33747621854     PISSN: 13597566     EISSN: 17439434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13597560600852565     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 18 May 2005.
2. Die Zeit, 23 June 2005.
3. Die Zeit, 12 May 2005.
4. Süddeutsche Zeitung, 17 May 2005.
5. Der Spiegel (2005), No. 16.
6. www.sueddeutsche.de/deutschland/artikel/337/53284/print.html, 22 May 2005.
7. The "Rolle rückwärts" [somersault backwards] was rechristened "Rolle Rüttgers".
8. According to SPD leader Müntefering - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 9 April 2005.
9. This was the verdict by the Süddeutsche Zeitung (21 May 2005).
10. Die Zeit, 19 May 2005.
11. See Süddeutsche Zeitung (9 May 2005). The liberals also defended the existing school system, but promised more teachers and a total end to coal subsidies.
12. Rüttgers had few prominent candidates for ministries. After long years of opposition, NRW's CDU was lacking talent. And the next federal elections were promising good jobs at the Bund level.
13. infratest-dimap (12 May 2005).
14. www.wdr.de/themen/politik/nrw01/landtagswahl_2005/medienverbund/westpol/.
15. According to Spiegel Online (18 May 2005).
16. A week before the elections, according to WDR television, the difference between the two big parties had closed to a mere 6%. A few days before the election, as many as 42% of the voters were still undecided. See http://www.faz.net/s/Rub28FC768942F34C5B8297CC6E16FFC8B4/DocE4D45B67.
17. Spiegel (2005), No.16.
18. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 26 April 2005.
19. Negative and positive elements in the biographies were erased and re-entered. See Spiegel Online (19 May 2005).
20. See Spiegel Online (23 May 2005): Internationale Pressestimmen.
21. Spiegel Online, 23 May 2005.
22. See Richard Hilmer (2005), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 24 May.
23. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 24 May 2005. In the Ruhr area, the SPD received 47%, against 52% in 2000.
24. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 24 May 2005.
25. In two cases, the SPD participates as a minor partner in CDU-led governments.