(on the upside, the domestic measures are pretty much what we've expected since election day, the proposed changes to the feed in tariff system may on balance even be positive, at least until 2012 when they want to renew the law)
However, that he preferred to stay a politician when it became clear that he couldn't do both functions shows that he cares more about his political career than the interests of German industrialists. Which, unless I'm mistaken about the progressive nature of the BDI, is a positive sign.
Sorry, that's what I meant -- bad sentence structure. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
In Germany, there are eco taxes, instituted by the red-green government back in the day, and Germany would likely benefit from tax harmonisation at the European level. It's safe to assume that this is a point of principle: further tax harmonisation at the EU level is not desired. Further independent sources of revenue for the EU are not desired.
You get what you vote for. En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
