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Politics
September 23, 2017
https://p.dw.com/p/2kZif

Chancellor Angela Merkel has led Germany for the past 12 years and looks set to lead the country for another four years, as her Christian Democratic Party has a commanding lead in opinion polls. Her nearest competitor is Martin Schulz of the Social Democratic Party, but he is about 12 points behind according to the polls.