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die Gretchenfrage (-n)  essential / crucial question, the 64,000-dollar question

In Niedersachsen dürfte die Linke um die Gretchenfrage einer Regierungsbeteiligung herumkommen.
In Lower Saxony the Left [party] may be able to avoid [get around] the crucial question of participating in the government.
(Note: The word Gretchenfrage comes from the famous Goethe drama "Faust." See the link below for more.)

Related: die Gretchenfrisur pigtails

MORE > Die Gretchenfrage (Faust) - the original lines from Goethe

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