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Raine1967

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6. This is Problematic.

Reply to Calista241 (Original post)

Sun Nov 19, 2017, 11:35 PM

Nov 2017

Free Democrat leader Christian Lindner told reporters that his party decided to withdraw rather than further compromise its principles and sign on to policies the party was not convinced of.

“It is better not to govern, than to govern falsely,” he said.

Is this super right nationalist party?

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