Merkel rebuffs German industry attack on nuclear tax

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Berlin (AFP) Aug 22, 2010 - Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday dismissed angry calls by German business leaders to scrap a planned tax on nuclear energy production which they call a threat to investment. Asked whether taxes on the nuclear energy sector amounting to 2.3 billion euros (2.9 billion dollars) per year would still be introduced, Merkel replied, "Of course," in an interview to air later Sunday on ZDF public t ... more

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