Angela Merkel, the candidate of the conservative Christian Democrats in the Sept. 18 election, has appointed radical reformer Paul Kirchhof as her spokesman on taxes.

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No, says Mr Kirchhof, who once sat on the Constitutional Court.

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And the choice of Paul Kirchhof, a former judge on the Constitutional Court, for the finance portfolio may turn out to be not such a good idea.

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Kirchhof stands for clarity.

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