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Merkel will win – because my fellow Germans dare not speak of national self interest

Germany’s integrationalist elite are prepared to pay out forever to protect the euro

Merkel calls the shots - and Germany's economy is powered by Russian gas [Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg]
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