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KAL’s cartoon

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The European Union will badly miss Angela Merkel (September 25th edition)

The Social Democrats are likely to take charge in Germany
(October 2nd edition)

Charlemagne: Germany’s election is revealingly European
(October 2nd edition)

The Economist
explains: Who is Olaf Scholz, and what kind of Germany would he lead?
(August 2021)

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