Head of the CDU-party and their parliamentary group Schaeuble asked for a decision in principle. Jagoda put the blame on the extremely cold weather, causing close to 4.2 million people to be out of work as of December. Mr Jagoda, however, said that 1998 had been a good year for the German economy. Economic activity had been better, and for the first time since the re-unification of the two Germanies, more people had been in employment. Ms Uschi Eid, Greens Party, said that companies and consumers would be able to do something for the children by channelling their own purchasing.
Many children have to work like slaves in underdeveloped countries' sweatshops.
There has been an incident in section B of Hesse's nuclear power-plant at Biblis. On Wednesday, operator RWE found radioactivity in a secondary circuit, according to the Environment Ministry at Wiesbaden. They thought that radioactive water had leaked from the reactor's core to the secondary circuit via the steam-generator. Radiation had kept rising, and that was why procedures for powering-up again after the revision, had been halted. DaimlerChrysler introduces new remuneration system DaimlerChrysler AG has decided on a new remuneration system for their top-managers.