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German carmaker Opel is the latest company to have been pulled back from the brink of disaster by state aid -- taxpayers' money,in other words. Within the government,Opel's rescue package was highly controversial.German Economics Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg of the Christian Social Union was among those who had their doubts,favouring a controlled insolvency of Opel rather than an infusion of state funds. The Social Democrats begged to differ
German carmaker Opel is the latest company to have been pulled back from the brink of disaster by state aid -- taxpayers' money,in other words. Within the government,Opel's rescue package was highly controversial.German Economics Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg of the Christian Social Union was among those who had their doubts,favouring a controlled insolvency of Opel rather than an infusion of state funds. The Social Democrats begged to differ