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<i>Sunday melancholia</i>
<i>on the German autobahns.</i>

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<i>For one day,</i>
<i>roads remained useless</i>

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<i>across the landscape.</i>

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<i>On the second car-free Sunday,</i>

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<i>the streets were emptier</i>
<i>than during the first driving ban.</i>

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<i>Authorities had set stricter rules</i>

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<i>for giving out driving permits.</i>

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<i>The police announced tougher controls.</i>

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<i>1600 drivers went for a ride</i>
<i>to the countryside without a permit</i>

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<i>and were fined at least 500 marks.</i>

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<i>Pedestrians occupy</i>
<i>the cities' main streets.</i>

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<i>But snow and rain</i>
<i>meant that most FRG citizens</i>

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<i>couldn't experience an environmentally</i>
<i>friendly journey in a car-free city.</i>

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<i>Those who couldn't leave the car</i>
<i>at home on this day</i>

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<i>found ways of circumventing</i>
<i>the driving ban.</i>

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<i>In the parliament,</i>
<i>the government and opposition</i>

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<i>stated their position on</i>
<i>the consequences of the oil embargo.</i>

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I'd like to add a critical word.

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I have to conclude
that we will offer resistance,

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should there be attempts

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to alleviate and correct
the consequences

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of long-term shortcomings
and recent events,

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not with informed solutions,

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but by wanting to change

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economic and social systems
through these means.

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By putting the mining industry
under state control,

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we would certainly achieve

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an unemployment rate close
to a million for an indefinite period.

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It is not unlikely...

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that the rate of economic growth
in the coming year,

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as predicted by us and the experts,

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will not be the plus 3 points,

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but will drop towards zero.

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And that a change in price tendency

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will be even harder to achieve
than in the past.

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In all sincerity,

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not everyone will be able to keep
their job in this situation.

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But together with the economy,
we will make every effort

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to provide a job to everyone.

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Copyright © 2012 TITELBILD, Berlin
Subtitles: L. Corper et al.