Merkel attacks executive salaries

Reports from the CDU's annual party congress, Hanover, 3 December 2007. Chancellor Angela Merkel said her Christian Democratic Union will try to win over voters in the center of the political spectrum.

She also launched a strong attack on top-earning managers and called for 'intelligent regulation' of global financial markets in an opening salvo by her Christian Democratic Union to woo left-of-centre voters ahead of key regional state elections in Hesse and Lower Saxony, January 2008.

Deutsche Welle, 4.12.07: Chancellor Merkel Slammed Over Views on Executive Salaries http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2987214,00.html

Deutsche Welle, 7.1.08: State Election Policies Reveal Extent of Divide in German Coalition http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3041816,00.html

Deutsche Welle, 3.12.07: Merkel's Party Stakes Claim to the Political Center http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2984117,00.html

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