‘Europe suffers, Germany wins’

Published on 16 January 2013 at 09:44

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In spite of the crisis, the latest figures from the German Federal Office of Statistics indicate that Germany’s federal, state and local governments completed 2012 with a budget surplus. Notwithstanding the €10bn euros of additional spending to combat the euro crisis, Berlin borrowed €22.5bn, which was less than expected. Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble will be able to comply with the ‘golden rule’ for balanced budgets, notes the newspaper.

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