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Absent presence. Photograph: Axel Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images


Merkel Wins by Not Being There

Merkel Wins by Not Being There

Germany’s September election is like no other the Western world has seen in the last two years. As the leading candidate, Chancellor Angela Merkel, relaxed on a three-week vacation, her top challenger, Social Democrat Martin Schulz, worked the campaign trail...