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A defeat in Lower Saxony, a coalition partner, the Liberals, in full meltdown and now the Minister of Education, Annette Schavan, is forced to step down because she plagiarised her doctorate thesis. "The government is a single and mighty catastrophe in these early days of 2013, but nothing seems to stick to Angela Merkel," whose popularity, seven months ahead of the legislative elections, remains intact, says TAZ.

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