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Sigmar Gabriel (L), Chairman of the German Social Democrats (SPD), congratulates SPD Hamburg mayoral candidate Olaf Scholz at SPD headquarters following Scholz's election victory the day before on February 21, 2011 in Berlin, Germany
Monday, Feb. 21, 2011

Open quoteOne can rightly say that this is a historic result, not only for us, but also for the others.Close quote

  • SIGMAR GABRIEL,
  • the Chairman of Germany's Social Democrat Party, which won a landslide victory in Hamburg on Sunday, securing 50% of the vote, while the ruling Christian Democratic Union only attained 20%
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