German unemployed tighten their belts as reforms loom
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Germany's long-term unemployed are looking for ways to cut their outgoings as they brace for the introduction of reforms on Saturday that will slash the welfare payments of many.
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There is not much to laugh about in Germany these days, everyone from its bakers to its bankers readily will tell you, citing with long faces their chronic unemployment and how they are suffering under ...
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Local election results in Germany&#39;s most populous state indicate another setback for Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder - but the decline has slowed.
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At least 70,000 people took to the streets in Germany in what have become regular weekly demonstrations against government labour market and social security reform plans, organisers said.
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The number of unemployed rose by 12,000 last month and economists say there will be more than five million job seekers in Germany by early next year.
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Protesters plan to take to the streets in more than 50 German towns and cities on Monday as cuts in unemployment benefit come into effect.
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Unemployment in Germany tumbled to its lowest level in 14 years this month, as the current boom in the eurozone&#39;s biggest economy pushes up demand for labour to all-time highs, data showed on Thursday.
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Germany's jobless figure rises above five million, with unemployment now at its highest level since the 1930s.
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Parties on the fringes of Germany's political spectrum have been given an eager reception in the depressed east ahead of state elections this weekend, luring voters with a mix of xenophobic standards and new complaints over plans to reduce much-needed benefits.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's party vowed to press on with its tough economic reform drive, despite a fresh state election rout that spells trouble for a string of further polls this month.
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German unemployment falls much less than expected last month, raising concerns that the labour market could be flagging.
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The number of people officially registered as unemployed in Germany is set to rise this month as a result of labour market reforms that came into effect on January 1, German Economy and Labour Minister Wolfgang ...
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BusinessWeek Online - The jubilation that swept East Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 long ago gave way to the sober reality of globalization and market forces. Now a decade of resentment seems to be boiling over. In Eastern cities such as Leipzig or Chemnitz, thousands have taken to the streets since July to protest cuts in unemployment benefits, the main source of livelihood for 1.6 million East Germans. Discontent among reunification's losers fueled big gains by the far left and far right in Brandenburg and Saxony state elections Sept. 19. ...
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Gerhard SchrÃ¶der faces defeat tomorrow in the first of a string of German regional elections. Voters were expected to punish the chancellor&#39;s welfare reforms that triggered mass street protests.
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The number of people looking for work in Germany rose in August, as the modest economic recovery was not enough to create any new jobs in the eurozone's biggest economy, official data showed.
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A new poll indicates West Germans are increasingly in favor of economic and labor reform, while East Germans continue to oppose change.
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The number of people looking for work in Germany, the biggest eurozone economy, rose to its highest level in seven years as the bad weather and sluggish growth caused dole queues to swell at the end of last year, official data showed.