He stressed that the world can be an enemy of Christian hope, but that people should try to focus on heavenly thoughts.

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If they lose the March 26th election in Rhineland-Palatinate, the only big state that still has a Social Democratic premier, both parties may start to have second thoughts about the grand coalition: the Social Democrats because they are losing votes, the Christian Democrats because they may be tempted to call a new federal election.

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