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In a speech to the European Parliament four years ago, Wolfgang Schäuble said that without European unification, east and west, there would have been no German reunification, and he warned that the “rules-based international order was under pressure”.

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Live Updates: Merkel’s Party Suffers Sweeping Losses as Germans Spread Vote

Here’s what you need to know: ImageAt the headquarters of the Social Democratic Party in Berlin on Sunday.Credit…Laetitia Vancon for The New York Times As Germany’s election results came into sharper focus on Monday, no party won a decisive majority, but the loser was clear: Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats. After 16 years in power under Ms. Merkel’s leadership, they saw their…