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Focused on pandemic, Merkel has no time for retirement plans

by Associated Press
| August 28, 2020 6:27 AM

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday that the decision not to run for office again in 2021 has allowed her to focus on tackling the coronavirus pandemic and other pressing problems during her final year in office.

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