DW-WORLD: Germany's Election Year Budget Draft Light on Spending Cuts After weeks of internal debate, the German government agreed on a draft 2009 budget on Wednesday, July 12.
The government expects to spend 288.4 billion euros ($456 billion) next year, a 5 billion euro increase. (02.07.2008) DW-WORLD: France's EU Presidency Gets Off to a Rocky Start France's six-month leadership of the EU began turbulently Tuesday, July 1 with President Sarkozy involved in a bitter war of words with the EU's trade chief and Poland refusing to sign the embattled Lisbon Treaty. German citizen in Afghanistan held by US released ...
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Poland marks Warsaw ghetto uprising ... (01.07.2008) DW-WORLD: Swiss Reject Tougher Citizenship Rules for Foreigners Swiss voters rejected a plan that would make it even harder for foreigners to obtain citizenship in a referendum on Sunday, June 1, called by the far-right Swiss People's Party. (01.06.2008)
(Deutsche Welle)
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