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After visiting German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble, French budget minister Francois Baroin comes up with some weird comments on Franco-German tax cooperation and the EU budget according to the EUobserver. Firstly, he recognises a broad consensus for deficit reduction in Germany. Apparently the impression most people have of France is that they like to run [...]

Vielleicht liegt es am Sommerloch, vielleicht an der ungelösten langfristigen Finanzierung. Jedenfalls läuft mal wieder die Rentendebatte in Deutschland. Spiegel Online zieht die Debatte an einem Diskussionsanstoß der EU Kommission (Papier hier) hoch, die andeutet, dass das Renteneinstiegsalter mittel- oder langfristig bei 70 Jahren liegen sollte. Derzeit liegt der Durchschnitt beim Renteneintritt in Deutschland bei [...]

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