CDU retreats on labour market reforms

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Series Details 7.11.06
Publication Date 07/11/2006
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Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union Präsidium endorsed a proposal, 6 November 2006, to increase unemployment benefits for older jobseekers, offering the most graphic illustration yet of a swing of the political pendulum away from structural reforms in Germany.

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