The party suffered a particularly sharp drop in support in Kiel, the state capital, falling 12 points to 39.3 per cent, while the Greens more than doubled their vote from 7.3 to 15.1 per cent.
"As a rule, interest-rate increases are never described as growth oriented," said Peter Trapp, an economist with the Institute for World Economic Research in Kiel.
Anti-nuclear activists buzzed around the U.S. battleship Iowa in rubber dinghies trying to keep it from anchoring in Kiel harbor on Sunday, but police dragged away the intruders, the activists said.
Scientists from Denmark, West Germany and the Netherlands plan to meet this week in Kiel, West Germany, to attempt to determine what is killing the seals.
It sailed into Kiel to take part in the annual "Kiel Week" nautical show that opened Saturday.
It sailed into Kiel to take part in the annual "Kiel Week" nautical show that opened Saturday.
"We have found a huge cocktail of different toxic agents in these seals but we have not yet seen any direct connections between pollution and the disease,' said Guenter Heidemann, an expert on seals at the University of Kiel.
After studying economics at the universities of Kiel, Frankfurt-am-Main, Berlin and Heidelberg, he began an academic career at Heidelberg in 1934 before moving in 1935 to the Institute for World Economy in Kiel where he headed a research group.
After studying economics at the universities of Kiel, Frankfurt-am-Main, Berlin and Heidelberg, he began an academic career at Heidelberg in 1934 before moving in 1935 to the Institute for World Economy in Kiel where he headed a research group.
The DVU, with six seats in the Kiel state parliament, and the Republicans, with 15 in Stuttgart, shared the spoils and became the third-largest political groups represented in both assemblies. For once the establishment parties were united.
For thanks to the initiative of Professor Herbert Giersch of Kiel, a founding member of the German Council of Economic Advisers, 10 economists from a wide range of the political spectrum managed to agree on a common manifesto.