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Germany eyes modest tax cut next year
expatica.com ^ | 7th May 2015 | AFP

Posted on 05/09/2015 4:49:38 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

... In January, the German government said that in 2014 it had managed to balance its books for the first time since 1969, a year ahead of target.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Travel
KEYWORDS: balancedbudget; china; europeanunion; germany; nato; opec; russia; tax; taxes

1 posted on 05/09/2015 4:49:38 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Chinese exports slump while Germany's grow
Trade figures from China continue to disappoint, fueling expectations that Beijing will intervene to reverse the politically dangerous slump. But German exports have risen to new levels.
2 posted on 05/09/2015 4:55:21 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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The German parliament passed on Friday (May 8) a law to charge foreign motorists for using the country's famed Autobahn network, drawing angry reactions from neighbouring states and threats of legal action.
3 posted on 05/09/2015 4:57:51 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Germany hails 'liberation' from Nazis 70 years on
4 posted on 05/09/2015 5:05:10 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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ODE TO JOY
5 posted on 05/09/2015 5:07:27 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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This was a ‘sudden’ public attention grabber out of Bavaria from the last election. Kinda shocked everyone that it actually occurred, and the surrounding countries are looking for legal means to put it out of action (they already have gimmicks to charge people transiting their country).


6 posted on 05/09/2015 6:05:15 AM PDT by pepsionice
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The 'brain'child of this idiot.

One thing Merkel has certainly learned from her mentor Kohl is to surround herself with incompetents. Then there's no one to challenge her power.

7 posted on 05/09/2015 8:46:04 AM PDT by Moltke
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