"I’m no magician," admitted a visibly deflated Martin Schulz on Sunday night (14 May) after it became clear that his centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) had suffered what he called a "crushing defeat" in their traditional heartland and his own home state, North Rhine-Westphalia.
By Monday, he and SPD were back in fighting form, saying the federal campaign was only just beginning.
"Sometimes, a boxer takes a punch," Schu...
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