Answering the German bond question - MarketWatch

Answering the German bond question
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The debt brake demands that all Länder balance their budget by 2020, however, by 2014 they have to be running a maximum structural deficit of 0.5%. In the lower house, Chancellor Merkel and the CDU have a majority, although the bloc is just under the ...

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Nein Danke German Government to Oppose Fracking - Spiegel Online


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Nein Danke German Government to Oppose Fracking
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Activists from the Attac group in Lower Saxony offer lurid cocktails to highlight the potential environmental risks of the fracking process. Berlin is opposed to plans to use the controversial fracking process to extract natural gas in Germany, ...

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Merkel Pressed to Share German States' Debt Costs - BusinessWeek

Merkel Pressed to Share German States' Debt Costs
BusinessWeek
Merkel enjoys a majority in the lower house, yet her bloc falls short of the two-thirds needed to pass the legislation. The upper house is controlled by opposition SPD and Green Party states. That makes her pledge to pass the fiscal pact and associated ...

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