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Party leader candidate Röttgen: "I've always been an ordoliberal"
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It is 12.15 p.m. on Wednesday when Norbert Röttgen can take a short breath for the first time that day.
His calendar notes a gap of 15 minutes.
The US voted, and the foreign policy official has been giving his assessment since the morning.
6.25 a.m. ARD.
6.45 a.m. RTL.
7.43 a.m. WDR 2. 8 a.m. "Westfälische Nachrichten".
8.30 a.m. T-online, 9.30 a.m. DER SPIEGEL.
10:05 a.m. National Public Radio.
10.50 am SWR 1. 11 am "Stern".
12.08 a.m. B 5.
Now briefly check e-mails and call people, then it goes on.
"Mittagsmagazin", RBB, a ZDF "Spezial", in between a video talk with the Junge Union.
After all, from 3 to 4 pm, Röttgen's calendar notes: "Sleep".
These are special days for Norbert Röttgen.
The election in the USA gives the foreign politician permanent media presence, he is once again allowed to play the role that he likes best: the analyst, whose arguments fit almost as well as his head.
No matter how early, no matter how short the appearance: Röttgen explains the world, nothing easier than that.
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