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Europe's engine
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A black-yellow (and purple) triumph
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Set Angela free
IT HAS Europe's biggest economy and is its most important country. But you may be forgiven if you have failed to notice that Germany is holding a general election on September 27th. The campaign culminated on September 13th in a turgid televised duel (swiftly branded “a duet”) between the two main candidates for chancellor, Angela Merkel and Frank-Walter Steinmeier. It has all been deeply uninspir
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Three's a crowd
Angela Merkel's wobbly restart
Bail-out poker
The German charm offensive
A change of partners?
My other car firm's a Porsche
The lives of others
Boards behaving badly
Unbalanced Germany
A reluctant patient
On shaky foundations
Merkel is the message
The till is bare