A group of wealthy Germans launches a petition calling on the government to tax them more to fund social and environmental projects.
From: news.bbc.co.uk
The group say they have more money than they need, and the extra revenue could fund economic and social programmes to aid Germany's economic recovery.
"The path out of the crisis must be paved with massive investment in ecology, education and social justice," they say in the petition.
Those who had "made a fortune through inheritance, hard work, hard-working, successful entrepreneurship, or investment" should contribute by paying more to alleviate the crisis.
The man behind the petition, Dieter Lehmkuhl, told Berlin's Tagesspeigel that there were 2.2 million people in Germany with a fortune of more than 500,000 euros.