Merkel’s Mea Culpa on Refugees Aimed at Wooing Back Voters
- Chancellor distances herself from ‘we can do this’ phrase
- Merkel responds to latest electoral setback in state vote
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Chancellor Angela Merkel offered a rare mea culpa, distancing herself from the trademark upbeat phrase she adopted at the beginning of Germany’s refugee influx and admitting mistakes in the handling of the crisis after suffering another state election defeat.
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