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Features
Schröder signals pensions shift
German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has signalled a serious attempt to get to grips with the country’s DM30bn (E15.3bn) budget deficit by downgrading social security pension payments to a par with inflation for the next two years. The announcement, within a comprehensive package of welfare reform, follows hard on the heels ...