Mature, Harem, Echhi Manga

"Germany is threatening to break apart"

POVERTY REPORT

alarming poverty study: Germany falls in living standards further and further apart, many counties in the east and north west are stuck in a vicious circle of poverty, "warns the Joint General Association. The economic crisis could worsen the situation.

In the wake of the economic crisis could massively increase poverty in Germany, warns the Joint General Association. Already, the country was torn on this issue deeply, association director Ulrich Schneider said at the launch of a new study. Schneider called for an increase in the Hartz-IV-sentences and criticized the economic policy the federal government.

"Germany in danger of losing the social cohesion that is a dangerous development," Schneider said. "We have far too long leave of nationwide average poverty rates hide."

Unlike the reports of the Federal Government poverty differentiates the "Poverty Atlas" of the welfare association in detail by region. As poor is someone who is less than 60 percent of the average income is available. The figures come from the investigation in 2007. The result: Germany is deeply divided, and not just between East and West. "20 Years after the Fall Germany is no longer two-, three parts but, "said Schneider." This has nothing to do with equal conditions of life any more. "

southern Germany with the states of Bavaria, Hessen and Baden-Württemberg is thus consistent with a poverty rate eleven percent below the all-German rate of 14.3 percent.
in North West Germany area, the poverty rate is 15 percent, with this vast region includes the states of Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Hamburg and Bremen. East Germany has a poverty rate of nearly 20 percent.

between the individual federal states there were some extreme spreads, "said Schneider. In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the poverty rate to 24 percent more than twice as high as in Baden-Württemberg with ten percent.

criticism of the economic stimulus package

Within individual countries are more important differences. In Lower Saxony, the poverty rate ranges from 12.4 percent in the region Südheide to 20.3 percent in East Friesland.

"Germany is threatened not only socially but also regionally break apart," said Schneider. Some regions were in a "vicious circle of poverty. "In particular, the East was affected by a high and widespread poverty.

If am not now countermeasures decided not threatened by the crisis, a further massive increase in poverty and a" depopulation of entire regions. "

sharp criticism of the manager of the Joint Welfare Association said the economic policy of the government. Some measures would increase the divide between rich and poor, instead of reducing them, "Schneider said.

The funds from the scrapping flow in his view, especially in those regions where people have quite enough money to afford a new car. The ten billion federal funds for investments in education and infrastructure from the economic stimulus package would disproportionately on countries with low poverty rates benefit.

Instead, the welfare organization to raise the Hartz-IV-phrases Calls to 440 €. This would effectively protect people from poverty, such an increase in cost has been estimated by the association would be around ten billion € per year. The association also calls for targeted support poor regions in the economic and labor market policy.

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