The planned and much discussed 2013 Germany / Switzerland tax treaty could still be scuppered before it takes effect next year.
This treaty, which is still scheduled to come into effect on January 1st, would in effect force Swiss banks to automatically deduct German taxes from the accounts of its German customers who have conveniently parked their money there in the past specifically [...] Continue Reading…
Angela Merkel – foto Wikipedia – source Ricardo Stuckert/PRToday’s edition of the Deutsche Welle put it well – “From bitter enemies to firm friends: Germany and France have achieved true reconciliation over the last 50 years. The Elysée Treaty, signed back in 1963, can serve as an example to others.” http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16078972,00.html .
Chancellor Merkel met President Hollande in Reims, Eastern France earlier today. They [...] Continue Reading…
Angela Merkel met the newly appointed French President Hollande in Berlin this evening.
It was more a getting-to-know each other type of meeting and an opportunity to again clear the air, or at least clean the air of the former French President, Sarkozy.
President Hollande’s trip began in rather inauspicious circumstances when the President’s plane was apparently hit by lightning climbing out of Paris [...] Continue Reading…
The German Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble has been named the recipient of the 2012 Charlemagne Prize – it is an award honoring individuals who have contributed to European unity -previous winners include the former head of the ECB chief, Jean-Claude Trichet, US President Bill Clinton and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The jury for the 2012 Charlemagne Prize said the 69-year-old CDU Politian [...] Continue Reading…
Today the German parliament, the Bundestag voted in favor of German tax-payers money be used to increase the Euro-zone rescue fund to circa 440 billion Euro. This is a powerful signal to the international financial markets, and it shows that Germany takes its European responsibility seriously . It was also a personal win for Angela Merkel and Wolfgang Schäuble, her [...] Continue Reading…
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