Tax showdown promised by EU Chief

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President Jose Manuel Barroso of the European Union has sounded out against German and French efforts to end tax competition. European Union economic policy has an aim to create greater jobs and growth by promoting increased cross-border competition, greater flexibility in labor markets, less burdensome welfare systems and a promotion of technology development.

Europe, Economic Programs, Administration of Economic Programs, Executive changes & profiles, Taxes, Analysis, Officials and employees, European Union, Tax policy, Barroso, Jose Manuel Durao

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In Europe, two moods on change: Germany wavers on cuts to benefits; France gets serious

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France and Germany are moving in opposite directions regarding their social and economic policies. While President Nicolas Sarkozy in France has cut pension entitlements for power and railway employees, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is revisiting the unpopular welfare cuts made by her predecessor, Gerhard Schroder.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Germany, Government domestic functions, France, Government regulation, Legal/Government Regulation, Laws, regulations and rules, Social policy, Political aspects, Welfare reform, Employee benefits, Merkel, Angela, Sarkozy, Nicolas

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