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...proposal by one of Germany's governing parties to introduce a speed limit on Germany's famous autobahns, the only highways in the developed world (outside the Isle of Man) that don't restrict speed, is meeting with serious resistance. Under the proposal, approved by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) at a convention this weekend, Germans would be required to keep to within a 130 kph (about 80 mph) on the regional highways in order to save the planet - "a fast and unbureaucratic path to climate protection," according to a statement from the party...
...Berlin tells how she batted away praise. "This won't last forever," she told her audience. "The real test is yet to come. The proof of the pudding is in domestic policies." Sober - and accurate. Merkel heads up a grand coalition with her former adversaries, the Social Democratic Party (spd), and must find consensus on ways to revitalize the economy, repair the health system and boost employment. Victories in three state elections on March 26 gave her coalition a lift, but now, for the first time since it won power four months ago, the German government is set to grasp...
...example: health-care reform. Germany's 123-year-old health-insurance system is hemorrhaging cash, and the two ruling parties are miles apart on how to fix the problem. (The cdu would prefer a flat contribution unrelated to income; the spd wants everyone to pay in, including some groups, such as the self-employed, who have thus far been exempt.) Merkel's government has set itself a deadline of the summer recess in July to come up with a draft compromise. The Chancellor must find a way to balance the egalitarian impulse of the spd, which could impose a heavier...
...Harvard graduate student was struck and robbed of his wallet as he walked on Park Street in Somerville last Wednesday, Nov. 30. The victim, an Asian male, according to Somerville Police Department (SPD) Spokesman Paul Upton, was walking down Park Street at around 11 p.m. last Wednesday night when he heard running footsteps behind him. After being knocked to the ground, the victim and the suspect engaged in a scuffle, Upton said. According to a Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) crime advisory, the struggle resulted after the victim refused to give up his backpack and yelled for help. The alert...
Just when things seemed to be going so well, talks on forming a coalition government in Germany hit a major snag. Or did they? On Monday, Social Democratic Party (spd) leader Franz Müntefering stepped down over differences with the left wing of his own team. Then Edmund Stoiber, the silver-haired leader of the Christian Democratic Union's (cdu) sister party, the Christian Social Union, also quit, claiming he could not work with anyone but his close friend Müntefering. Angela Merkel's attempt to stitch together a government as Germany's first female Chancellor was thrown...