cies foresee a 6% drop in GDP this year, the two main employers’ federations, BDA and BDI, exhort the government to rapidly take further measures to halt the rise in unemployment. Employers want the State to take over all the social contributions for partially unemployed workers, as opposed to the current 50%. The German Minister for Social Affairs and Employment, Olaf Scholz, has declared himself open to this request. (Ref. 090466)
At the present time, Angela Merkel’s government, which since t
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