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"Merkel and the problem statesmen," headlinesFrankfurter Rundschau on the 18 July resignation of the Mayor of Hamburg, Ole von Beust. "Merkel has now lost six state governors in just one year,” explains the daily, which notes that “the phenomenon of jumping ship is now approaching critical mass in the Christian Democratic Union." Von Beust’s resignation will also undermine the state parliament’s conservative-Green coalition, which was supposed to serve as a model for the nationwide renewal of the CDU.
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