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Commissioner Charlie McCreevy, accusing him of spending too much time on
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originally asked for a month ago.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>banking</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Germany</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-11-29T00:39:27Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
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    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1227789122.59">        <title>EU threatens Germany with court action over VW law</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1227789122.59</link>        <description>The European Commission threatened Germany on Thursday with fresh court action if Berlin did not modify within two months a disputed law shielding Volkswagen from takeover.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Headline1</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Germany</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Finance</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-11-27T17:28:44Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
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any more money than it is already doing on its own national measures, a
government spokesman said on Thursday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Germany</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Finance</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-11-20T20:39:21Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
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Chancellor Angela Merkel next year, put forward an ambitious set of
recipes Thursday to help Europe out of the economic slump.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Germany</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Employment</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-11-13T17:33:41Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1225187221.35">        <title>EU approves German financial sector rescue package</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1225187221.35</link>        <description>The Commission approves German plans to support the financial sector with EUR 400bn in state guarantees and EUR 80bn for capital injections.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>banking</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Germany</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Headline4</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-10-28T11:45:48Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1225128721.72">        <title>EU leaders look to Merkel to stand up to Sarkozy</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1225128721.72</link>        <description>European leaders are looking to Germany's Angela Merkel to head
opposition to French President Nicolas Sarkozy's hands-on attempts to
confront the financial crisis, over fears they could drive a wedge
through Europe.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Germany</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>European Council</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-10-27T22:41:37Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1225096321.22">        <title>German Postbank unveils billion-euro capital increase</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1225096321.22</link>        <description>The German bank Postbank announced on Monday an emergency capital
increase worth up to one billion euros (1.24 billion dollars) to
replenish it balance sheet which has been hit by the international
financial crisis.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>banking</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Germany</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-10-27T10:59:52Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1224595921.76">        <title>EU regulators approve aid to Germany's IKB</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1224595921.76</link>        <description>The Commission on Tuesday approved a nine-billion-euro restructuring package for German bank IKB, caught up in the US-born financial crisis.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>banking</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Headline3</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Germany</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-10-21T17:50:29Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>




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