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German Youth Say No

'During the election campaign we promised to improve the situation of many young people. Now nothing is going to happen under a grand coalition government.'

'We wanted more from the top 5 percent to encourage young people and to close the gap between rich and poor.'

Johanna Ueckermann, 26-year-old
leader of the youth wing of the
German Social Democratic Party,
rejecting  the coalition agreement
between the SPD and the conservative
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

 

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