Germany : the Football World Cup will only have little effect on employment and the economic situation

According to the FIFA and the German Employment Agency (Agentur für Arbeit), the World Cup is going to create near to 60 000 jobs, regrettably most of which merely being of temporary nature and the number of businesses created by this event is barely a drop in the ocean as far as the gross domestic product of the German giant is concerned. (Ref. 06586)
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Security and cleaning companies, restaurants and food or clothes shops, societies sponsoring the WC are in search of hostesses and interpreters and translators and if the ads are to be given any credit, the 2006 World Cup promises a potpourri of jobs in the service area. In the security sector, it is estimated that protecting the stadiums as well as the public places set aside for broadcasting the matches is going to need the involvement of an additional 12 000 people. The same goes for the gas

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