‘Wise men’ warn Merkel against reform U-turn

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s 'Grand Coalition' has come under fire from its own council of economic experts, which has warned the government not to backtrack on reforms in its 2007/8 annual report.

Website: German Council of Economic Experts http://www.sachverstaendigenrat-wirtschaft.de/en/service/impressum.php

Wikipedia: German Council of Economic Experts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Council_of_Economic_Experts

Deutsche Welle, 7.11.07: German Economic "Wise Men" Warn Against Slowing Reforms http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2879724,00.html

German Council of Economic Experts: Press Release, 07.11.07: The gains must not be squandered http://www.sachverstaendigenrat-wirtschaft.de/download/press/jg07eng_press.pdf

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