Tony Blair's re-election in Britain last year was a landslide victory for New Labor, giving his party an unassailable majority in Britain's House of Commons. Gerhard Schröder just scraped across the finish line with an overall majority in the German Bundestag, due to the help of his unloved coalition partner, the Greens, and a few "additional seats" that the electoral system's rules provide.
Tony Blair's re-election in Britain last year was a landslide victory for New Labor, giving his party an unassailable majority in Britain's House of Commons. Gerhard Schröder just scraped across the finish line with an overall majority in the German Bundestag, due to the help of his unloved coalition partner, the Greens, and a few "additional seats" that the electoral system's rules provide.