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Poverty in Germany hits post-reunification high: study


BERLIN (AFP) – Poverty in Germany has risen to its highest level since reunification in 1990, with the gap between rich and poor in Europes top economy getting wider, a study said Thursday.Some 12.5 million people were classed as poor in 2013, up from 12.1 million a year earlier in the country of about 80 million, the report by Germanys equal welfare association said.Poverty in Germany has never been so high and regional fragmentation never so deep as today, said the head of the umbrella organisation, Ulrich Schneider.Despite the countrys robust export-driven economy, Schneider voiced concern that the gap between …read more

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