As citizens around Europe wonder at the amount of money being spent on bank bail-out schemes, one measure at least appears to be having an immediate and tangible effect.
Despite a fall in other EU markets, new car registrations in Germany rose 21.5 per cent in February compared to the same month in 2008, due largely to a scrapping scheme introduced by the government under its second €50 billion stimulus plan announced in January.
German citizens have rushed to avail themselves o...
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