ceo_pte
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Seems this is taking the subject matter a little too far.. I guess they must eat alot of frog legs...
BERLIN (AP) - Germany's government is scrounging to save money, but it's spending $300,000 for toad and frog tunnels under a road, an effort to win approval for building a new diplomatic school in Berlin.
The Foreign Ministry - run by Germany's most prominent Greens party member, Joschka Fischer - said Thursday that Berlin authorities insisted the government compensate for building the center in a conservation area by investing in environmental protection at another location.
Under the deal, five 33-foot tunnels for frogs and toads are to be built by July under roads in the suburb of Luebars. The project will offer safe passage to an estimated 4,000 amphibians each year, ministry officials said.
Germany is trying to trim spending and social programs to shrink a budget deficit that has exceeded a European Union limit for the past two years.
The Foreign Ministry said it will make up the money spent on toad tunnels with budget savings elsewhere.
BERLIN (AP) - Germany's government is scrounging to save money, but it's spending $300,000 for toad and frog tunnels under a road, an effort to win approval for building a new diplomatic school in Berlin.
The Foreign Ministry - run by Germany's most prominent Greens party member, Joschka Fischer - said Thursday that Berlin authorities insisted the government compensate for building the center in a conservation area by investing in environmental protection at another location.
Under the deal, five 33-foot tunnels for frogs and toads are to be built by July under roads in the suburb of Luebars. The project will offer safe passage to an estimated 4,000 amphibians each year, ministry officials said.
Germany is trying to trim spending and social programs to shrink a budget deficit that has exceeded a European Union limit for the past two years.
The Foreign Ministry said it will make up the money spent on toad tunnels with budget savings elsewhere.