The region around Chateaux Roux on the Paris-Rouen Highway was especially hard hit. Train travel was also affected again. No trains will travel today from Lyon to either Marseilles or Montpellier. Winter weather and traffic snarls are expected, especially in the south of Germany, where with the exception of Baden-Wuerttemberg the Christmas holidays are ending. Schaeuble appeals to the social resposibility of companies The leader of the union faction in the Bundestag, Schaeuble, appealed today to the social responsibility of businesses in the fight against unemployment.
Political action can only define the general aims.
Employers and unions must then appreciate their respective responsibilities, Schaeuble explained. The CDU politician stood firmly against a devaluation of the German standard of living, as good now as it has ever been. Such a description would be foolish, he said. On the question of a possible candidacy for Chancellor Schaeuble would not comment, and said this was not a question to be answered at this time. The chief representitives for the political, business and union spheres can agree on guidelines without them, he said.