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Following blacklash in Germany, Merkel cancels plan for extended Easter lockdown

FRANCE24, 25 Mar 2021
Chancellor Angela Merkel ditched a plan agreed on Tuesday for an extended Easter to try to break a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, apologising to lockdown-weary Germans after the hastily-conceived plan triggered a huge backlash.

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