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GERMANY Social differences inside the country
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GERMANY synonym of being one of the countries
of leading power in
Europe
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the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The divisions between east and west are fading
(but are still considerable) because
- business
conections
- huge investments
- infrastructure
Although successful country, but unemployment
and immigrations has become Germans biggest
problems
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09.11.1989
DIFFERENCES
EAST
WEST
- communism - unemployment didnt exist -
cheap hausing - collectivised farms -
state-run companies - strong sens of family
and comunity values - higher birth rate
- capitalism - unemployment did exist - high
economic stability - high living standard -
private farms and companies - low birth rate
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East Germany compared to west Germany today
Competative pressures (workers are often paid at
rates below the nationaly agreed rate) Lower
salaries (92,3 of west German levels), but
longer weekly working time (39,1 per week, west
Germany37,4 per week) Working and living
conditions have improved Unemployment has
increased (16,6 east, 7,4 west) Insufficent
people qualified for higher positions Farms and
companies has gone under private ownership
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Migrations (young and qualified people from east
to west) High environmental degradation (huge
sums of money for rehabilitation by west
Germany) Dramatic social changes, wich affected
birth rates and marriage rates East German
motorist have to switched to using unleaded fuel
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But today
the differences between east and west Germans
are not not so obvious anymore, than are the
differences between Germans and foreigners,
fruthermore German is facing also several other
problems concerning social differences
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Problems and facts
Immigrations foreigners face social
barriers and are blamed for social and
economic problems
Fact THEY MAKE A HUGE CONTRIBUTION TO
GERMANS ECONOMY
Homeless aproximately there are 860 000
homeless people one million people are under
treat of homelessness
Facts as unemployment rises so does the number
of homeless high cost for hausing
are also the couse for homeless