Nevertheless, the program is a sharp break from past policy.
And Mr Klaus's people, overturning past policy, say they will now stomach a budget deficit.
In the past, policy has promoted start-ups and small businesses in general.
The Vatican delegation also faced a barrage of questions regarding past policy decisions.
Finally, country risk ratings are usually retrospective, reflecting past policy outcomes.
First, the ECB is unwilling to admit that its past policy, especially its past rate hikes, were a mistake.
The fire potential is exacerbated by the past policy, beginning around 1900, of putting out all fires.
To understand the scale of Trump's departure from past policy, however, requires a short tour through recent visa-policy history.
His pledge appears to be a departure from the past policy of encouraging only victims to report the abuse.
The results reflect the fact that, in the past, policy design has mostly been framed within sectoral mandates, e.g., for water, agriculture or energy.
Mr. Fritz-Vannahme said that, politically, Ms. Merkel was still bound by many of her past policy statements, which urged budgetary and monetary discipline in the euro zone.
