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Social Democrat victory in Hamburg is a blow for Merkel

February 21, 2011

Germany's Social Democrats have retaken Hamburg, a former stronghold, in a city-state election and Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democrats will now face stiffer opposition in the Upper House as a consequence.

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