The German Catholic Church criticised the planned revaluation of same-sex partnerships. The spokesperson for the Greens, Mr Beck, on the other hand said that equal status for gays and lesbians would not take away anything from anybody. Funds have shrunk by more than one third between the years 1994 and 2000. Reason for this are decreasing church tax revenues. AR Flu is near Every year, about 4,000 Germans die from flu.
Doctors call for vaccination of children, senior citizens and the chronically ill.