Highest number of Germans below poverty line since reunification
- 9 years ago
Over 12.5 million Germans are now living below the poverty line which is the highest number on record since reunification 25 years ago.
Berlin, the capital of the eurozone’s economic powerhouse is one of the poorest regions in Germany.
The figures come in a report by one of the country’s welfare organisations.
The poverty threshold was calculated at 892 euros a month for a single household and 1,873 euros for a family of four.
Berlin with 21.4 percent falling into the poor category is well above the country’s average while Bavaria has the richest people.
Poverty has never been so high and regional disunity has never run so deep said the report.
“Poverty in Germany is not so much an economic problem, but rather a result of political omissions. That has to be said clearly. We would have the chance to fight this poverty as the fifth richest country in the world. But obviously we have extreme problems of distribution in times of increasing prosperity,” said Ulrich Schneider,He
Berlin, the capital of the eurozone’s economic powerhouse is one of the poorest regions in Germany.
The figures come in a report by one of the country’s welfare organisations.
The poverty threshold was calculated at 892 euros a month for a single household and 1,873 euros for a family of four.
Berlin with 21.4 percent falling into the poor category is well above the country’s average while Bavaria has the richest people.
Poverty has never been so high and regional disunity has never run so deep said the report.
“Poverty in Germany is not so much an economic problem, but rather a result of political omissions. That has to be said clearly. We would have the chance to fight this poverty as the fifth richest country in the world. But obviously we have extreme problems of distribution in times of increasing prosperity,” said Ulrich Schneider,He