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No government in the foreseeable future is likely to tackle co-determination and two-tier boards head on.
ECONOMIST: Corporate governance in Germany
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Businessmen are particularly upset by the decision to extend the system of workers' co-determination in the management of companies.
ECONOMIST: European economies
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Co-determination, trade unions, supervisory boards and other inflexible features of German business life have already been put firmly on the sidelines.
ECONOMIST: German industry: Neighbours | The
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Co-determination between management and unions with its built-in checks and balances is an advantage for German companies that want to plan for the long term, he argues.
ECONOMIST: German companies
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The commission's remedy, which, thanks to the determination of its co-chairman, John Breaux, a Democratic senator from Louisiana, may yet find its way to the Senate, is to introduce competition.
ECONOMIST: Medicare reform
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But the main European powers could demonstrate their determination to do better by co-ordinating with a view to military excellence rather than industrial protectionism the purchase of tanks, artillery and helicopters, as well as the ships and aircraft needed to bring them to battle.
ECONOMIST: Defending the Union
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Hillary Clinton's determination to act as a virtual co-president back in 1993 helped to create a backlash against her husband's administration.
ECONOMIST: Let Michelle be Michelle
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Let us co-operate on security, work together to prosecute terrorist crime, share information, show total solidarity in our determination against terrorism.
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