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I do not have the power - besides no one has the power in Germany - to control how many people will cross the border to Germany.

— Angela Merkel

Es liegt nicht in meiner Macht – und nicht in der Macht irgendeines Menschen in Deutschland – zu bestimmen, wie viele Menschen hierher kommen.

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