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Moreover, the 2005 NRW election introduced an era of fragmentation and disenchantment in the German political landscape.
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In NRW local social spending rose by 274% between 1980 and 2006, whereas revenue went up only by 104%.
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The flax-leaved St John's Wort is now spreading at Craig y Dre in Tremadog, according to Natural Resources Wales (NRW).
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But it defied expectations, winning more than 8% of the vote in Schleswig-Holstein on May 6th and in NRW a week later.
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The NRW said that where it had colonised, it was out-competing the native plant species such as grey willow and rare copper moss.
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The 2005 NRW election gave rise to the Left, exhibited low voter turnout, and left the traditional catch-all parties straddling right-and-left of center.
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After all, Chancellor Merkel can thank the 2005 NRW election for ushering the CDU back into federal government one year sooner than hoped for.
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Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is involved in projects to remove the plant from areas Special Scientific interest (SSi) such as at Cors Llyferin at Abersoch Golf club.
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He was no match for Hannelore Kraft, an electrician's wife from the Ruhr, who has led a minority SPD-Green government in NRW, a traditional SPD stronghold, since 2010.
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Bail-out plans for Greece are already thought to have contributed to a defeat for her centre-right coalition in a key state election in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) earlier this month.
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"Thanks to the clearance the plant is now present over a large area of the cliff above Tremadog Square, " said Doug Oliver, NRW national nature reserve warden in the area.
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In NRW and Rhineland-Palatinate they are weak.
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