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Today's letters: Creation of a euro fund, a poker heist and paying for potholes

The creation of a European Monetary Fund, a brazen poker tournament robbery and pothole repair are on the minds of readers in this batch of reader mail.

Two stacks of euro coins tower over a shiny surface

A Euro Monetary Fund would shore up credibility in the currency, some think

The following comments reflect the views of DW-WORLD.DE readers. Not all reader comments have been published. DW-WORLD.DE reserves the right to edit for length and appropriateness of content.

European Monetary Fund idea wins support in Germany Germany to push for fund to strengthen euro-zone stability

The EU should have the EMF as soon as it is possible. Today, the EU is the richest body of states. And the euro has started to have more credibility with people all over the world and the ECB than the US dollar and the Federal Reserve, since the ECB is not a "private bank" and "a family business." After the establishment of the EMF, the EU can look forward to opening a similar bank for the entire world, and may be named the European and World Monetary Fund or EWMF. -- Pavel, Great Britain

This is a fantastic idea. What surprises me is that it wasn't implemented with the introduction of the euro. -- Robert Maxwell, US

German poker tournament robbers were amateurs, police chief says Masked gunmen rob poker tournament at Berlin hotel

No! How can the German police allow alleged amateurs walk into a big poker tournament with a million dollar purse and walk out with 25 percent of the money and be on the loose? -- Gary Kubik, US

One who believes they can penetrate German security must be considered an amateur! -- William A. Schmidt, US

Making potholes pay: German village cashes in on its bad roads

It's very strange but I always thought that this plague of potholes in the pavements was just a characteristic of third world countries, but with great surprise I see that it is not. Here in Puebla, Mexico we have a large catalog of potholes and craters which inevitably destroy our cars quickly and the mafia that rules this city and this state does not do anything about it. -- Eugenio Herrmann, Mexico

We see our Public Works crews merely toss in loose gravel and solvent into a wet pothole. After two days the repair is useless. If they would square the hole with a pneumatic hammer and dry the hole with a torch then place a good mix of asphalt it would be cost effective. As it is done now it is a total waste of tax dollars and man hours. The loose gravel and solvent is called, "popcorn" because of the way it gets knocked out of the hole almost with the first vehicle passing over it. It ends up clogging our storm sewers and goes into our water ways killing fish. -- Paul McCarthy, US

We ignore them and people fall in break their legs. Then they complain to the government which does nothing. In Kenya the roads are a mess. Could you introduce that strategy to Africa? Selling potholes, funny! -- Alex Mutua Mwanzia, Kenya

Compiled by Stuart Tiffen
Editor: Rob Turner

DW.DE

Germany to push for fund to strengthen euro-zone stability

Germany's finance minister has called for the creation of a European equivalent to the International Monetary Fund to help euro-zone countries like Greece deal with a crippling debt crisis. (07.03.2010) 

European Monetary Fund idea wins support in Germany

Momentum couldn't be greater to create a European Monetary Fund, financial experts say. But who, they ask, should pay for it? (08.03.2010) 

German poker tournament robbers were amateurs, police chief says

German police expect to make arrests soon after a brazen robbery at Germany’s largest poker tournament at the luxury Grand Hyatt hotel in Berlin at the weekend. (08.03.2010) 

Masked gunmen rob poker tournament at Berlin hotel

Panic ensued at Germany's largest poker tournament Saturday afternoon when gunmen broke into the event held at a Berlin hotel and stole some of the prize money. (06.03.2010) 

Making potholes pay: German village cashes in on its bad roads

Somewhere in the town of Niederzimmern, there's a pothole with your name on it - for a fee. The rocky road ruts are better known for busting car axles and aggravating drivers, but the town sees them as revenue sources. (03.03.2010)