Thanks, Vicki. That was also my intent why I didn't post any details. Political discussions don't mix well with FDK

I just found it to be a case of life imitating art and given it was confirmed at the highest levels of the German government, there was enough substance to make a reference to it.
Terry, if you need more info, I can happily google it. From what I can tell, there's a number of established English-speaking news reports on this available (Financial Times, CNN, etc).

Michael