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German minister says new anti-euro party is ‘insane’

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German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said a new anti-euro party “can’t be taken seriously” and labelled its core demand “economically insane” in comments published on Sunday. The small Alternative for Germany (AFD) party wants to ditch the euro and bring back the Deutschmark currency. It has called for an “orderly…

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German conservatives point to supporting expanded rights for same sex couples

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The German right appears more open to expanding gay rights, with several leaders of the governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) speaking in weekend interviews of bridging the gap betwee same sex and heterosexual couples. Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told the weekly news magazine Focus the government was examining the effects…

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German Justice Minister demands equal tax treatment for same sex couples from her own government

German Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger talks to journalists in Copenhagen in January 2012. (AFP Photo/Jens Nørgaard Larsen)

German Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger upped the pressure on Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble Saturday to give registered gay couples a tax break. In a letter to her government colleague seen by AFP she called on him to abandon his insistance on waiting for a decision on the issue by Germany’s…

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