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However democracy is not always a matter of unilateral decisions, but normally a business of opinion formation of many.

— Angela Merkel

Aber Demokratie ist nicht immer eine Sache von einsamen Entscheidungen, sondern in der Regel ein Geschäft der Meinungsbildung vieler.

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