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Frank-Walter Steinmeier is the German President - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "the centre-left politician - Frank-Walter Steinmeier - is been elected !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "German President - the former foreign minister - wins the vote !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "by the parliamentary assembly - gaining 75% of votes - in the first round !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Steinmeier - a member of the Social Democratic Party - SPD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "has guaranteed the support - both of his own party - and the Green Party !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Steinmeier - is a moral authority - to protect !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and develop - democratic institutions - and succeeds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Joachim Gauck - a strong - and authentic - civil rights activist !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NSA in Germany - WikiLeaks: LINK ¤ WIKILEAKS

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• "documents of the NSA - described phone numbers !"

 

 

 

 

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• "of top - German ministers - and public officials !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "responsible for - commerce - finances - economics - and agriculture !"

 

 

 

 

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• "list - economic - and political - almost two decades !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "classified interception reports - described German officials !"

 

 

 

 

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• "discussed their positions - and disagreements - on the solution !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "to the financial crisis - one document the chancellor ! - ( two levels - above top secret ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "a German list - described the communications - of government offices !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and political officials - included ministers - and their staff !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and groups - working on preparations - for meetings of the - G7 - and the WTO !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NSA in Germany - WikiLeaks: LINK ¤ WIKILEAKS

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• "a document of the NSA - described Merkel - discussing with !"

 

 

 

 

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• "her personal assistant - Merkel had professed - to be at a loss !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "as to which option - would be best - for addressing the situation ?!"

 

 

 

 

 

• "in 2011 - a communication described - German negotiating positions !"

 

 

 

 

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• "ahead of an - European Union summit - about solutions to the financial crisis !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut - had provided an overview - when being asked !"

 

 

 

 

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• "he would not agree - to giving the - European Financial Stability Facility !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "EFSF - a banking license - or establishing !"

 

 

 

 

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• "a joint - EFSF-European Central Bank - special purpose vehicle !"

 

 

 

 

 

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CIA's Station Chief asked to leave the Country - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "Germany - was determined - to extract a public commitment - from the US !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "that there is no - future spying activity !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "German officials - believed that a - domestic political audience !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "rocked by - Edward Snowden's - revelations - will not be satisfied !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "by anything less - than a public commitment - from the US !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "it was about the - German public mood - diplomats were playing down !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the significance - of a second arrest - of a German government worker !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the arrest - of an intelligence officer - for selling documents - to the CIA !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the CIA's station chief - was asked - to leave - the country !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Snowden's Testimony Offer - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "Edward Snowden's - testimony offer - was welcomed - German politicians !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "had said - they were keen - to hear from Snowden - in a parliamentary inquiry !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "witnesses - to parliamentary inquiries - were usually given the !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "financial support - and legal protection - required for them to travel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "legal experts - said a guarantee - of safe conduct - would render Snowden !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "immune - to extradition requests - because of the political character !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hedge Fund - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06BERLIN2269

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• "the European Central Bank - issued warnings !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

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• "against - hedge funds - systemic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "( additional risk - leverage - derivatives - short sales ! )"

 

 

 

 

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• "Jochen Sanio - President of BaFin - spoke "of a systemic"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "crisis - of hedge funds - in the financial system !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "there needs to be - more transparency - and less risks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "there must be - international standards - for regulating - hedge funds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "the Social Democratic Party - SPD - stronger levels - of hedge fund regulation !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "the Conservative Party - CDU - lighten regulatory burden !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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unbundling Directive - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07BERLIN2034

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• "the German reaction - to the proposed - EU Commission's !"

 

 

 

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• "unbundling directives - for the European energy market !"

 

 

 

 

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• "was overwhelmingly - negative !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "Joachim Lang - from E.ON Berlin - was citing the UK - as an example !"

 

 

 

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• "prices cheaper - before liberalization !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

open Skies - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07BERLIN356

 

• "minister of transportation - Wolfgang Tiefensee - returned !"

 

 

 

• "from his official visit - to the US - pessimistic !"

 

 

 

 

• "about the future - of a US - EU - civil air agreement negotiations !"

 

 

 

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• "( US - aviation liberalization ! )"

 

 

 

 

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• "Tiefensee - and EU transportation commissioner - Jacques Barrot - were disappointed !"

 

 

 

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• "by the lack - of flexibility - from the US side !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the majority - of EU member states - continued to see !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "the current version - of the agreement - as imbalanced !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Social Globalization - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07BERLIN1032

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• "the labor ministers - of the G8 countries - demanded in their meeting !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "the governments - need to address - a social globalization !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "by devising employment - and social protection - strategies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "the ministers - demanded that the - ILO standards - of social protection !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "must be better - implemented - governments themselves - need to do more !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "in their bilateral - and multilateral development - cooperation programs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "to expand - social protection !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "to health care - pensions - and employment !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "ILO director-general - Somavia - said "social security"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "is not only a - human right - but also a factor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "that facilitates - social development !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "this can constitute - the global - socio-economic floor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "advocated - by the world commission - on social globalization !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "along with - minimum social - and labor rights !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Climate - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07BERLIN1896

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• "Merkel - demanded aggressive - international measures !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "mandatory - targeted global limits - on greenhouse gas emissions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "GHG - and an international - cap-and-trade - regime !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Climate - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07BERLIN2152

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• "in the common meeting - there was - German disappointment !"

 

 

 

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• "they demanded - more concrete proposals - by the US !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "Dr. Sach - environment ministry - lamented back-tracking !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "the US - had gone back - to the same presentations !"

 

 

 

 

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• "that had been used - before the G-8 - summit !"

 

 

 

 

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• "environment minister - Sigmar Gabriel - cited - the !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• ""Montreal Protocol" - concerning - chlorofluorocarbons !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "as one internationally - binding commitment - that the US - accepted !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NSA in Deutschland - ARD: LINK ¤ A R D

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• "Dokumente der NSA - beschrieben in Deutschland !"

 

 

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• "das Kanzleramt - Minister - Staatssekretäre - und Spitzenbeamte !"

 

 

 

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• "jahrelang - Telefonanschlüsse - von verschiedenen Ministerien !"

 

 

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• "eine Liste - mit 69 Nummern - davon knapp die Hälfte - aus dem Wirtschaftsministerium !"

 

 

 

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• "darüber hinaus das - Bundesfinanzministerium - und das Landwirtschaftsministerium !"

 

 

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• "jeweiliger Minister - und die Durchwahlen von - Staatssekretären - und vieler Spitzenbeamter !"

 

 

 

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• "und ein Anschluss der - Europäischen Zentralbank !"

 

 

 

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• "zum größten Teil - bestimmten Funktionen - zugeordnet - bei einigen !"

 

 

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• "jedoch Namen - bis mindestens in die 90er-Jahre - zurückreichend !"

 

 

 

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• "unter - "Finance Min Lafont" - die damalige Büronummer - des früheren !"

 

 

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• "Finanzministers - Oskar Lafontaine - die deutsche Wirtschaftspolitik !"

 

 

 

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• "und Handelspolitik - zwei streng geheime Dokumente - beschrieben !"

 

 

 

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• "Gespräche von - Merkel - und ihren Mitarbeitern !"

 

• "ein Protokoll - 2011 - Merkel erklärte !"

 

 

 

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• "sie sei ratlos - hieß es !"

 

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• "sie wisse nicht - welche Option - die beste sei ?!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

deutsche Politiker und Beamte - Spiegel online: LINK ¤ SPIEGEL ONLINE

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• "Dokumente der NSA - beschrieben deutsche !"

 

 

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• "Spitzenpolitiker - und Beamte - zum Teil seit Jahrzehnten !"

 

 

 

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• "Merkel - konnte jetzt -  selbst überprüfen - denn an die !"

 

 

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• "Unterhaltung - mit ihrer persönlichen Assistentin !"

 

 

 

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• "2011 - erinnert sie sich vermutlich !"

 

 

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• "es ging um - deutsche Politiker - und deutsche Unternehmen !"

 

 

 

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• "es bleibt zu hoffen - dass es passende - politische Konsequenzen - gibt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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