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      <title>Schleswig-Holstein knows what it wants. That alone is a revolution</title>
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&lt;p&gt;This guest contribution was &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/schleswig-holstein-weet-wat-het-wil-dat-al-een-op-zich-thomas-desmedt-wvwxe/&#34;&gt;reposted from LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; and translated with the author&amp;rsquo;s permission.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I read the FT article somewhere between two meetings. And I had to stop for a moment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Not because it was so impressive. But because it was so rare. A government saying what it wants, why it wants it, and then simply&amp;hellip; starting.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;The important thing is that we become independent from centralised, monopolistic providers. That is what we are striving for, step by step.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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