Money better spent by France & Germany

From the BBC news website

"Some measures already announced by national governments

Germany: package of measures set to generate 50bn euros in investment and contracts

France: 19bn euro injection into key industries

Spain: 40bn euro fiscal stimulus package, including 6bn euros in tax cuts

Italy: 80bn stimulus package, but a large part of the money has been already received

UK: £20bn (23.6bn euro) fiscal stimulus plan, including cut in VAT

Seems like leaders in France and Germany have a lot more sense than Brown and Darling who are just going to blow the money for no gain with a 2.5% reduction of VAT.