Agenda 2010 reforms are a step in the right direction; however, they did not have an associated tax cut with them.

Schroeder shocks Germany with early election call
Noah Barkin, Swiss Info Original Article

Germany looks set to hold a national election within a few months after Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder shocked the country by calling for an early vote in the aftermath of a crushing regional poll defeat. Schroeder announced his dramatic gamble after voters in the large regional state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) kicked his Social Democrats (SPD) out of government after 39 years.