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Schroeder warns neo-Nazis
Mr Schroeder was speaking in the town of Bad Elster along the border with the Czech Republic, at the start of an 11-day tour of eastern German states which will include 40 towns and cities. He also said he would campaign for the extension of the Solidarity Pact, under which taxes and contributions from west Germany are used to finance the development of the east. The BBC's Rob Broomby reports.

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