Merkel poised to pass tax test

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Series Details 9.12.09
Publication Date 09/12/2009
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Article reports that Angela Merkel’s new government following the Septenber 2009 federal elections looks set December 2009 to pass the biggest test to its unity so far with the likely adoption next week of a €8.5bn package of tax cuts by the parliamentary upper house.

However coalition tensions between the CDU and FDP have featured in the first months of the new government.

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Deutsche Welle, 13.12.09: Merkel seeks to win support for tax cuts package http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5010722,00.html
ESO: Background information: Merkel claims tax cuts will drive recovery http://www.europeansources.info/record/merkel-claims-tax-cuts-will-drive-recovery/
Spiegel Online International, 10.12.09: Germany to Borrow Much More in 2010, Report Says http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,666373,00.html

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