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Portrait: CDU Tax Man Paul Kirchhof

August 24, 2005

After Angela Merkel announced he would be joining her competence team as a tax advisor, former Constitutional Court judge Paul Kirchhof has come under attack for his flat tax and conservative finance proposals.

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