German Cabinet Approves Budget Guidelines
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Cabinet approved budget guidelines for 2005 on Wednesday that would see Germany's deficit below the European Union limit for the first time in four years.
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Germany's finance ministry denied a report in the Welt am Sonntag newspaper that it plans to curb tax rebates for commuters and begin levying taxes on weekend and nighttime work in order to keep the 2005 budget ...
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TOKYO - Japan&#39;s cabinet on Friday adopted an austere 798 billion-dollar budget for the year to March 2006 in which general or discretionary spending on policy programmes falls for the first time in three years, an official said.
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Germany's cabinet approves plans to deploy warships as part of a UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.
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The Commission has lifted the excessive deficit procedure, first launched in 2003, against France and Germany. But already there are doubts about Germany respecting the rules in 2005.
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The German government on Wednesday adopted draft proposals for a reform of corporate taxation that would lead to a big cut in company taxes from next year.
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The Cabinet endorsed the Kyoto Protocol on Thursday, making international implementation of one of the most far-reaching and controversial environmental initiatives a near certainty.
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Germany looked set to breach the EU's strict budget rules for third year in a row this year as its public deficit soared to a massive 4.0 percent of gross domestic product in the first six months, data showed.
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European Union finance ministers approved a French plan to cut its budget deficit below a 3 percent ceiling.
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With an eye to North Korea and China, Prime Minister Koizumi's Cabinet is set to pass new guidelines.
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Germany says it is willing to help Iraq set up government ministries and write a new constitution after the poll.
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Germany is willing to help Iraq's  new government set up ministries and write a new constitution  following elections last weekend, German Interior Minister Otto  Schily said on Thursday.
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Jerusalem - The Israeli cabinet approved guidelines Sunday to compensate settlers uprooted by Ariel Sharon&#39;s Gaza withdrawal plan, giving the prime minister a welcome boost ahead of a parliamentary showdown this week.
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"We are presenting a financial plan under which we will achieve a balanced budget for the first time in 40 years in the year 2011 at the latest"  Germany's Cabinet approved a draft 2008 budget on Wednesday that foresees a cut in new borrowing even as spending increases slightly -- underlining the government's aim to balance its books by 2011. via BusinessWeek
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By Dominic EvansBEIRUT - Germany's cabinet approved plans on Wednesday to send naval and air forces to Lebanon, and Russia said it would dispatch troops to help rebuild roads and bridges destroyed in Israel's ...
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Germany's coalition government overcame  months of bickering on Thursday and agreed a compromise on  health care reform viewed as a test of Chancellor Angela  Merkel's leadership and her government's stability.
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German Labour Minister Olaf Scholz has pledged that the country will implement a minimum wage in all sectors, an issue that has been dividing the ruling coalition, a newspaper reported on Sunday.