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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, during a celebration marking 75 years of the country’s Basic Law or constitution, appealed to the “calm composure” that characterized earlier political discourse. In a speech on Saturday in Bonn, which was the capital of West Germany before it united with East Germany in 1990, Steinmeier said the “calm composure that emanated from Bonn … was good for the country.” He made his comments at one of the many democracy celebrations taking place around the Germany to commemorate the Basic Law. Steinmeier noted that there were also tough and extremely heated…

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