error with if condition

hi,
 am using FreeMarker with spring 
in the login page i have a code spinet as follows..

<#if Parameters.login_error?? >
        Your login attempt was not successful, try again.<br/><br/>
            Reason:
         ${Parameters.login_error}
    </#if>
.. 
where i want the error message on login failure to be printed

but on the browser what i get is as follows
........
<#if Parameters.login_error?? > Your login attempt was not successful, try
again.

Reason: ${Parameters.login_error} 

......
 where the if condition is not being interpreted properly.
and i tried as :
<#if Parameters.login_error?exists>

in both the case the condition gets printed as it is there in the ftl page
but with out the closing tag of the if close.

other content in the page is being shown properly and also the functionality
(login function) is also working

can anyone help me 2 figure out what has gone wrong..

thanks in advance.
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