German reunification: Why being East German matters again
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(Berlin=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Gye-yeon = As Germany marked the 36th anniversary of reunification on the 3rd (local time), the daily Berliner... reports that the income gap between East and West Germany is widening.
Residents of East Germany on average earn less, receive less pensions and have fewer assets
Even 36 years after the unification of Germany, the differences between its eastern and western parts have not disappeared. Residents of the former East Germany earn less on average, own less property and inherit significantly less money, while there is not a single person from the east of the country among the executives of the 100 largest German companies. This was warned by the commissioner of the German government for East Germany, Elisabeth…
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