Tax Cuts & Privacy Rights

From Eric Dondero:

Philip Roesler is the newly elected leader of the Free Democrat Party (FDP). He plans to push an aggressive free market agenda in the coming months.

From M&C.com "Germany's new FDP leader sets out post-Westerwelle agenda":

Berlin - The new leader of Germany's Free Democrats party, Philip Roesler, told his party conference in Rostock Saturday how a renewed emphasis on libertarian ideals would boost the party's poll rating in the wake of the departure of former leader Guido Westerwelle.

Roesler, 38, was elected Friday to replace Westerwelle, who remains foreign minister in the FDP's governing coalition with Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU).

The pro-business FDP came to power with a record 14.9 per cent of the vote in the 2009 general election, but approval now hovers around the 5-per-cent mark and the party has suffered embarrassing regional election setbacks.

A central FDP demand is tax cuts, an issue which the party made a main manifesto commitment at the election, but failed to deliver.

He stressed that the FDP and CDU had jointly pledged to reduce taxes, adding, 'We are ready. We are just waiting for our coalition partner.'

He also said that data protection would become a crucial issue as international corporations had growing access to personal information - citing Apple's iPhone, the Sony Playstation and Facebook as examples of this trend.

Roesler was born in South Vietnam, and adopted into a German family as an infant.