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Hello and welcome to Think Globally, The Concordian's new weekly look at current affairs. The goal of this column is to look at world events and issues, local, national and global, in ways you might not see in the mainstream press. I'll also try to highlight some stories that fly under the radar of the news industry and explain why they're significant.

Germany's political right scored a major victory in Germany's general election this Sunday. Angela Merkel, Germany's first-ever female Chancellor and leader of Christian Democratic Union, won a new mandate as the German electorate shifted further to the right.