Growth is key as Berlin ring-fences spending

Article reports that in his first interview since Wolfgang Schäuble was appointed Germany's new Finance Minister on the 24 October 2009, he cemented the new CDU-FDP coalition’s central message that boosting growth – not fixing the burgeoning budget deficit – would be its top priority. The new government will not start reining in public spending until Europe’s largest economy has safely emerged from the downturn.

ESO: Background information: Merkel unveils new coalition http://www.europeansources.info/record/merkel-unveils-new-coalition/

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