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...Last month, German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder publicly expressed his opposition after media reports that 26,000 German butchers had lost their jobs when Polish subcontractors imported East Europeans to work for a fraction of German butchers' wages. The numbers may have been exaggerated, but the issue came up again last week, just before Schröder met political opponents at a "jobs summit" in Berlin. "We cannot allow service freedom if this leads to social dumping, and if it disregards the protection standards of employees," Schröder thundered...
...with so much at stake economically, blocking any change could backfire. Powerful lobbies like the German Federal Association of Industry, and Eurocommerce, which represents French and other European retailers, are pressing for liberalization. Even German Economics Minister Wolfgang Clement says he's in favor. "We need more competition in Europe, also in the service sector and that's a fact," Clement told the Tagesspiegel daily newspaper...
When Gerhard Schröder was first elected German Chancellor in 1998, 3.8 million Germans were out of work. "If we do not considerably lower the unemployment rate, we do not deserve to be re-elected," Schröder said at the time. Seven years later, there are 5.2 million unemployed and Schröder is terrified that voters will take him literally. Last week, the Chancellor unveiled a plan aimed at jump-starting the economy, and met with the leaders of the conservative opposition in a much ballyhooed "jobs summit." But like so many attempted German reforms of recent...
...good news for fashion is that there are still plenty of big spenders out there. In Paris, Colette--the must-visit store for fashion fans--is packed. A woman spots a Russian sable scarf for $15,400 and buys it on the spot. Marko Matysik, the Anglo-German designer who supplies scarves to the store, sees the purchase and isn't surprised. "There were two of my chinchilla scarves here the other day, and they've both sold too," he says--for $14,400 each. They're the perfect accessory for that $10 tank...
Metropolis is the story of a harmless, hapless, nameless young German immigrant, fresh off the boat in 1860-something, who has a knack for naively stumbling into complicated plots through no fault of his own. First he falls in with a violent Manhattan street gang whose members call themselves the Whyos and communicate with an elaborate, secret singing language (they are selected for their musical ability). Then he falls violently in love with a fetching Irish Whyo named Beanie, "a sassy girl gangster who sometimes wore trousers." Against his better judgment, our hero gets embroiled in the Whyos' various capers...