New Left party rides high in polls

Christian-Democrats warn of post-communists; liberals see new threat

06/18/07 -- Berlin -- The new chiefs of the "Left", Lothar Bisky (65) and Oskar Lafontaine (63), want to change Germany completely. But the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU), the Social-Democrats, the liberal FDP, the Greens, and industry are all siding forcefully against the plans of the new party.

10/05/05 –- Pressure on the European policy of the Swiss Federal Council (Bundesrat) has been increased by the National Council (Nationalrat). A group of 20 representatives from across the political spectrum (liberals, Christian-democrats and nationalists) has filed a motion demanding the withdrawal of Switzerland’s EU membership request.