I'm Extremely Worried by Extremists That Win Elections in Europe: Luxembourg's PM Luc Frieden

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From Stable to Negative: Moody's Cuts Outlook for Germany's Top Rating
SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL: The debt crisis is threatening Germany's top credit rating. Moody's changed its outlook for Germany, the Netherlands and Luxembourg to negative from stable late on Monday. The German Finance Ministry said the country would remain an anchor of stability in the 17-nation euro zone.

Moody's Investors Service on Monday cut its outlook for Germany's creditworthiness to "negative" from "stable," but confirmed the country's triple-A rating.

Moody's also cut its outlook for the Netherlands and Luxembourg, which also have triple-A ratings, to negative from stable. Finland kept its stable outlook.

The ratings agency said the move was due to growing uncertainty caused by the debt crisis.

It said there was an increased chance that Greece could leave the euro zone, which "would set off a chain of financial sector shocks ... that policymakers could only contain at a very high cost."

It also warned that Germany and other countries rated AAA might have to increase support for ailing countries such as Spain and Italy. The burden of that support would fall most heavily on the euro zone's top-rated states, it said. » | cro -- with wire reports | Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Luxemburg spart und erhöht die Steuern: Das Grossherzogtum muss den Gürtel enger schnallen
NZZ ONLINE: Auch die Luxemburger müssen wegen der Wirtschaftskrise den Gürtel enger schnallen. Die rund 500'000 Bürger des Grossherzogtums erhalten in den nächsten Jahren weniger Leistungen des Staates und müssen höhere Steuern zahlen.

Das kündigte Premierminister Jean-Claude Juncker am Mittwoch vor dem Parlament in Luxemburg an. Die schwarz-rote Koalition von Christsozialen und Sozialdemokraten wolle allerdings die Geringverdiener nicht zusätzlich belasten.

Unter anderem soll in den nächsten beiden Jahren eine «Krisensteuer» von 0,8 Prozent auf alle Einkommen und Dividenden erhoben werden. Das soll zusätzlich 80 Millionen Euro pro Jahr in die Staatskassen spülen. Die Solidaritätssteuer wird von 2,5 auf 4 Prozent erhöht - für Grossverdiener mit mehr als 300'000 Euro steuerpflichtigem Einkommen auf 6 Prozent. >>> sda/dpa | Mittwoch, 05. Mai 2010

Retirement Age Backed by European Court
THE TELEGRAPH: European judges have backed Britain's compulsory retirement age of 65.

The verdict in Luxembourg amounts to a defeat for Age Concern's legal battle to banish enforced retirement at 65, but the final decision still rests with the UK High Court.

The European Court of Justice acknowledged that EU rules do ban employment discrimination on grounds of age but ruled the age could be enforced if it was related to employment policy or if it would help the labour market.

The High Court, which sent the case to Luxembourg for clarification of the law, will now have to make a final ruling on whether the aims of the Government's 65 retirement age are "legitimate".

The UK's Employment Equality (Age) Regulations, introduced in 2006, ban age discrimination but exclude pensioners, who can be dismissed at 65 without redundancy payments, or at the employer's mandatory retirement age if it is above 65. >>> | Thursday, March 5, 2009

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