A black-yellow (and purple) triumphThe centre-right parties may have won, but the new government could still be wary of liberal reforms Reuters THIS was a change election. No, it wasn't. It was a triumph for Angela Merkel. Actually, she was humiliated. What Germans really want, after a recession caused by greedy bankers, is a bracing draught of economic liberalism. Or perhaps they don't. These are
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