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The German government on Wednesday agreed on the date for the next general election, September 26, 2021, to choose a successor to Chancellor Angela Merkel, government spokeswoman Martina Fietz said.

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The government “proposes to the federal president the date of Sunday, September 26, 2021,for the election of the 20th Bundestag (lower house of parliament),” Fietz told reporters. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier must still give his official approval.

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