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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Chairwoman of the German Christian Democrats (CDU), attends the second day of the 24th CDU Party Congress on November 15, 2011 in Leipzig, Germany.
Monday, May. 14, 2012

Open quoteThe question arising from this election is whether people still follow Merkel's way of doing politics in Germany.Close quote

  • ERIK FLOEGGE,
  • a German student, who supported the Social Democrats Party (SPD) in the North Rhine-Westphalia state election, in which Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives suffered a crushing defeat
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