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Germany: Engholm travels hopefully. (Social Democratic Party, under the leadership of Bjorn Engholm, has won three regional elections in five months, and might be a contender in 1994 national election)
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June 8, 1991
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NO ONE could fairly claim that Germany's Social Democrats lack resilience. Only six months after losing their third general election in a row, they seem oddly sure they will win the next in 1994--maybe even slide into government before then.
The Social Democrats have a youngish (at 51) and widely popular new leader in Bjorn Engholm, premier of Schleswig-Holstein. He was elected national chairman at the party's congress in Bremen on May 29th. The Social Democrats have won three successive regional elections in five months: in the states of Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate ...
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