Merkel promises to cut taxes for all

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Series Details 19.9.09
Publication Date 19/09/2009
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Angela Merkel said on 18 September 2009 she would cut income tax 'for every taxpayer' if re-elected Germany's chancellor, as opinion polls showed her preferred centre-right coalition failing to win a clear majority in the forthcoming general election.

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ESO: Background information: Germany: Parliamentary Election, 27 September 2009 (Federal Election) http://www.europeansources.info/record/germany-parliamentary-election-27-september-2009-federal-election/
BBC News, 17.9.09: 'Merkel factor' could decide German vote http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8256413.stm
Spiegel Online International, 21.9.09: Election Tension Grows for Germany's Biggest Political Parties http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,650247,00.html
Deutsche Welle, 22.9.09: German voting anomaly is center of latest election debate http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4712292,00.html

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