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In this Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020 file photo, German chancellor Angela Merkel prepares her face mask due to the coronavirus pandemic during her visit in Germany's most populated federal state North Rhine-Westphalia in Duesseldorf, Germany. Merkel pointed to her government's drive to improve Germany's public finances, which enabled it to stop running up new debt from 2014 until the coronavirus pandemic pushed it into huge rescue packages. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)