Germany Cables
the NSA in Germany - Reuters: LINK ¤ REUTERS
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- "documents of the NSA - described the German chancellery !"
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- "for decades - and 125 phone numbers - of top German officials !"
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- "documents described - three conversations - of Merkel !"
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- "and listed - telephone numbers - for the chancellery !"
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- "the aides - the office - and even the fax machine !"
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- "the names indicated - that it included staff of - Gerhard Schroeder !
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- "in office from - 1998 to 2002 !"
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the NSA in Germany - WikiLeaks: LINK ¤ WIKILEAKS
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- "documents of the NSA - described the German !"
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- "federal agency - almost two dozen - telephone numbers !"
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- "the executive office - of the chancellor - included several cell !"
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- "phone numbers - a number for Merkel - that was in use through 2013 !"
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- "the number for the head - of the chancellery - in charge of the BND !"
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- "top officials - and advisors - handling the economic !"
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- "and financial policy - at the chancellery - division 4 !"
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- "foreign affairs - and security policy - division 2 !"
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- "and division 6 - co-ordination of the intelligence service - of the German federation !"
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- "former department head - of a unit of - foreign and security policy !"
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- "and the mobile number - for Bernard Kotch - deputy head !"
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- "of the federal chancellery - office !"
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- "the list - had been standardised - in 2002 !"
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Merkel must act - Spiegel online: LINK ¤ SPIEGEL ONLINE
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- "it is high time - for Merkel - to act !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "to take - political action - against such behaviour - of the NSA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "( Merkel's private conversations - about sensitive political issues ! )"
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- "it had not been - security - but interests !"
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- "the principles - that characterize - open !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and democratic - societies - must not be compromised !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Stand together for an open-minded Germany - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "politicians - linked arms - in a symbol - of solidarity !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "next to the - Brandenburg Gate - the rally’s !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "central message - is to be tolerant - and open-minded !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "crowds - at the rally - wore badges - with the slogan !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Zusammenstehen - Gesicht Zeigen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "stand together - show your face !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Helmut Kohl - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "interview transcripts - of Helmut Kohl - showed him !"
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- "in less than - charitable mood - towards the East German - civil rights activists !"
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- "who helped bring down - the Berlin Wall - in 1989 !"
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- "Kohl said - "it would be wrong to pretend - that the holy ghost" !"
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- "had suddenly descended - over Leipzig !"
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- "about Merkel - Kohl said - "Ms. Merkel could not even hold her" !"
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- "fork - and knife - properly - she loitered at state dinners ! - ( and he told her - to pull herself together ! )"
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- "the Kohl transcripts - showed an embittered - man !"
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- "this was also because the - social democratic - Willy Brandt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and Helmut Schmidt - enjoy reputations - as cosmopolitan statesman !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "Helmut Schmidt - remains - as he was as chancellor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "dubious - about the value - of the security services !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "there needs to be - good political - control !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Schmidt says - it would help - for the Eurozone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "if Germany - reduces more the - account surplus !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "for example by - investing more - and with higher wages !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "if you have a - surplus - you either have to revalue - your currency !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "or - if you can not do that - because of the Euro !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "you have to find - other ways - of reducing it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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World Economic Council - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09BERLIN159
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- "just as there is the - UN Security Council - for security issues !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "we need a - "World Economic Council" - for economic issues !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "finance minister - Peer Steinbrueck - says !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "that capitalism - must be regulated !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and calls for - constraining it - at the international level !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "finance minister - Peer Steinbrueck - from the SPD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "comments the - US financial crisis !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and calls for measures - to prevent similar things - in the future !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Steinbrueck says - there must not be - careless behavior - by banks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and calls for regulation - that goes beyond the - Basel II accord !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "that requires - more equity - for risk-intense - financial activities !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "there needs to be - more transparency - in the international - financial system !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "( financial players - risky transactions - off their balance sheets ! )"
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- "we have - to close - this accounting - loophole !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Financial Rescue Package - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08FRANKFURT3103
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- "the financial market - stabilization fund - guarantees !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "400 billion Euros - in loans between banks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and uses - 80 billion Euros - for capital injections !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Financial Reform - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09BERLIN354_________________________________________
- "there needs to be better - financial oversight - and regulation !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "there must be - a new - and improved - financial architecture !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "finance ministry state secretary - Joerg Asmussen - says !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the current situation - must be changed - the whole system !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the solution - championed by finance minister - Peer Steinbrueck !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "from the Social Democratic Party - is to tame - financial markets !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "through an - international regulatory - and macro-prudential framework !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the Social Democratic Party - conference - calls for !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "new regulations - for financial markets !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "for tax increases - on top earners !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "a minimum wage - protection of jobs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and the promotion - of green technology - and renewable energy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Frank-Walter Steinmeier - says "it is time" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "for responsibility - and common sense !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Green Party's - national convention - calls for a !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- ""Green New Deal" - creating one million - new jobs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "through investment - in environmental protection !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "education - and the social sector !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the Green Party also votes - for an hourly minimum wage - of 7.5 Euros !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and calls for - higher taxes - for the wealthy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "including an increase - in the top tax bracket - and higher capital - gains taxes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
President Koehler - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09BERLIN638
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- "President Horst Koehler - had won election - to a second five-year term !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "his term in office - was marked by saying - that there must be !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "no excesses - of capitalism - the financial expert says !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "that the international - financial markets - must shrink !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Foreign Minister Steinmeier - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09BERLIN1118
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- "foreign minister Steinmeier - from the SPD - said he had fought !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "hard for the - Obama victory - he recalled that he had fights !"
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- "with Merkel - over having Obama - speak at the Brandenburg Gate !"
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- "people are happy - that the "complicated period" - with Bush - is over !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "important mistakes - had happened there !"
NSA in Deutschland - der Standard: LINK ¤ der STANDARD
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- "Dokumente der NSA - beschrieben das - deutsche Kanzleramt !"
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- "Liste - mit 56 Telefonnummern - Anschlüsse zahlreicher Mitarbeiter !"
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- "des Kanzleramts - bis in die frühen 1990er-Jahre - zurück !"
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- "auch Spitzenbeamte - von 1998 bis 2002 - darunter der frühere Leiter !"
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- "der außenpolitischen Abteilung - Michael Steiner - der ehemalige !"
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- "Kanzleramtsminister - Bodo Hombach - sowie Ernst Uhrlau - der damals !"
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- "im Kanzleramt - für die Aufsicht - über die Nachrichtendienste - zuständig war !"
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- "die Bereiche - Außenpolitik - und Sicherheitspolitik !"
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- "Wirtschaftspolitik - und Finanzpolitik - sowie BND-Aufsicht !"
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- "drei hochgeheime Depeschen - beschrieben Telefonate !"
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- "ein Telefonat - von Merkel - und Gespräche - über den Weltwährungsfonds !"
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- "sowie den zur - Euro-Stabilisierung - eingerichteten - EFSF !"
Wege von Deutschland - Karl Aiginger: LINK ¤ der STANDARD
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- "die gesamtwirtschaftlichen Löhne - sollten in Deutschland !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "deutlich stärker - steigen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( unterdurchschnittlich ! )"
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- "und die - unbereinigte Lohnquote - sollte nicht sinken !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "bei der Arbeitslosenquote - war das Problem der - Niedriglohnsektor !"
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- "es sollte keine - steigende Armutsgefährdung - geben !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "und keine größere - Lohnspreizung !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "vorteilhaft für Deutschland - wäre es - wenn es die - Investitionen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "für Umwelttechnologien - und Gebäudesanierung - erhöht !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "die Reduktion - der Lohnquote - die Lohnspreizung - zurücknimmt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Investitionen - zur Bekämpfung der Armut - zur Verbesserung !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "des Bildungssystems - steigern die Nachfrage !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "dies ist eine - "High Road" - um die Wohlfahrt - zu erhöhen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "nebenbei würde dies - in der Eurozone - ausgleichend wirken !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "aber primär - ist es im Interesse - der Bevölkerung - in Deutschland !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Federal Constitutional Court - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
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- "the Federal Constitutional Court - Bundesverfassungsgericht - BVerfG !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "is the supreme - constitutional court - the Federal Constitutional Court !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "often - protects the - civil rights !!!!!!!!!!!!"