The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Berlin - Germany rejected on Thursday calls to contribute a greater sum to a European Union fiscal stimulus package for recession-hit economies, with a spokesman saying Berlin was doing enough already. Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman Ulrich Wilh...
Euractive (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
"We can imagine a package totalling around 1% of the EU's gross domestic product," Ulrich Wilhelm, a government spokesman, told the Financial Times Deutschland.But Wilhelm insisted that any EU package should take into consideration plans already passed by EU member states, including the one currently being adopted in the Bundestag (German Parliament).An EU-wide stimulus plan is...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
A 32-billion-euro ($40-billion) program of tax rebates, soft loans and handouts already approved by Berlin ought to be counted as part of the EU plan, Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said.EU officials are drawing up the plan to be unveiled by the European Commission next Wednesday and submitted to EU leaders next month.Briefing papers show the EU is to request all...
Business Week (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Germany Backs New EU Stimulus PlanChancellor Angela Merkel supports a proposal to pump 130 billion euros into Europe's faltering economy By Related Items Story Tools German Chancellor Angela Merkel has thrown her support behind a potential Europe-wide economic stimulus package. Government spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm told the Financial Times Deutschland that "we can imagine a package totalling...
CNNMoney.com (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
... Forster, Opel's chief Hans Demant, and Opel employee council chief Klaus Franz, Merkel's spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said at a government news briefing."I think that the federal government will do firstly everything that is necessary to help the company; but on the other side, naturally maintain a regard of the consequences of how this is handled for other companies," Wilhelm...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
... Forster, Opel's chief Hans Demant, and Opel employee council chief Klaus Franz, Merkel's spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said at a government news briefing."I think that the federal government will do firstly everything that is necessary to help the company; but on the other side, naturally maintain a regard of the consequences of how this is handled for other companies," Wilhelm...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
When the state and government heads from economically important countries all over the world meet in Washington on Nov. 15, in the eyes of the German government it all comes down to one thing: "For us it is important that we draw the right conclusions from the current financial crisis," says government spokesperson Ulrich Wilhelm. "And that through a range of agreed upon measures, we...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... possible if stock markets recovered. He said it was postponed, not abandoned. Merkel's spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said earlier, "The government definitely does not intend to sell assets below their worth," so it would wait till "a reasonable return can be expected."The political stakes have been raised by public criticism of large bonuses promised to DB chief executive Hartmut Mehdorn...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... any privatization receipts next year. Asked for comment, Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said, "The government definitely does not intend to sell assets below their worth," so it would wait till "a reasonable return can be expected."Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck said, "If there is a flotation, there won't be any bonus provision."Mehdorn is chief executive of...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
Berlin - Germany is to boost the ailing car industry by reducing its taxes on low-emission cars, a government spokesman said in Berlin on Wednesday. Ulrich Wilhelm, spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel, said the vehicle-tax changes to be adopted in...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
Berlin - Germany is to boost the ailing car industry by reducing its taxes on low-emission cars, a government spokesman said in Berlin on Wednesday. Ulrich Wilhelm, spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel, said the vehicle-tax changes to be adopted in...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
... The fund exists to lend money to EU members that run short of foreign exchange. Merkel's spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said the chancellor would back Sarkozy on the issue at an EU summit on November 7 in Brussels. The European Commission has recommended an even bigger increase, suggesting the 12 EU nations outside the euro-zone should be able to call on a line of credit of 25 billion euros,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
... within the rights of the CSU leader to make the first public announcement," government spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said on Wednesday, when asked if Merkel knew the name of Seehofer's successor. Aigner will be the second woman to head the ministry after Renate Kuenast, a member of the Greens party who held the job from 2001-2005 before Seehofer took over. Kuenast urged Aigner to pay more...
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
... stimulus program. On Wednesday, a specific tax cut to support car industry has been announced by Ulrich Wilhelm, a spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel. According to the new tax measure, car taxes for lower-emission cars will be lower and the taxes will be paid according to carbon-dioxide emissions rather than motor capacity.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
(Adds background)BERLIN, Oct 29 (Reuters) - The German government is unaware that European aerospace group EADS (EAD.PA: ) is considering shifting its entire headquarters to Paris, a German government spokesman said on Wednesday.The company currently has joint headquarters in Paris and Munich."I am not aware of such considerations," government spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm told a regular government...
