One of its chief concerns is to ease the regulatory burden on small businesses, especially the Working Time Directive and other EU labourandwelfare legislation.
"Certainly, in Britain's case, that remains reform of labour markets andwelfare, investing in housing and transport and, above all, it means junking the rhetoric of austerity for an age of enterprise, " he added.
His wish to reform the country's labour laws andwelfare benefits is largely shared by the opposition Christian Democrats (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU), while being opposed fiercely by elements of his own Social Democratic Party (SPD).