Germany focuses on cutting spending

Article reports that Germany’s cabinet was poised to approve a 2011 budget on the 7 July 2010 as part of a four-year programme of public spending cuts meant to serve as an example to other European governments without jeopardising the country’s increasingly robust economic recovery.

ESO: Background information: Schäuble defends German economic stance http://www.europeansources.info/record/schauble-defends-german-economic-stance/

ESO: Background information: Merkel cuts spark protest call http://www.europeansources.info/record/merkel-cuts-spark-protest-call/

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