Merkel adds fresh funds to stimulus
China Daily | Updated: 2009-01-14 07:49
Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, talks to the press as she arrives for an informal summit of European heads of state at the EU Council building in Brussels in November 2008. Bloomberg News |
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition agreed to spend an additional 50 billion euros ($66 billion) this year and next, its second attempt to stem the worst recession since World War II in Europe's largest economy.
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