Chancellor Julius Raab called today for immediate enactment of a law amnestying former Nazis. A settlement of this problem is necessary now, Chancellor Raab told an election rally, revealing that he approves 40 amnesty applications a day.
It was learned, meanwhile, that the coalition government parties–Chancellor Raab’s People’s Party and the Social Democrats–will submit a joint draft to Parliament next week asking for increased pensions for Nazi victims and the next of kin of people murdered by the Nazis.
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