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...Rainer Dulger, head of the BDA, Germany’s main employers’ organisation, said last month that the business community had “lost confidence” in the government....
...Rainer Dulger, head of the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations, said after Monday’s meeting held by Scholz that Germany was facing the “toughest economic and social crisis since reunification...
...Habeck was put in charge of ensuring Germany could weather the potential gas shut-off, and he and Scholz quickly pushed through emergency legislation....
...In what finance minister Olaf Scholz described as a “bazooka” — a government-guaranteed liquidity scheme with no upper limit — any companies that were in a sound position by the end of 2019 have from Monday...
...Neither does it help that key SPD ministers – most notably Olaf Scholz, the finance minister – lean towards the centre....
...Rainer Wendt, chairman of the German police trade unions, urged Mr Scholz to resign, saying police had had to “fight for their lives”....
...Olaf Scholz, from the Social Democratic party, said the deal was “a pretty reasonable” result. “All sides can live with it,” he said. The agreement received a mixed reaction from German business....
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