The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German poverty 'hits record high' despite low unemployment A new report claims that more Germans are poor now than at any time since reunification. But some experts have dismissed the numbers as "not serious and stupid". https://www.thelocal.de/20170303/german-poverty-hits-record-high-despite-low-unemployment Fri, 03 Mar 2017 09:00:02 +0100 german-poverty-hits-record-high-despite-low-unemployment Charities say 'neigh' to feeding horse to the poor A conservative German politician has been slammed for suggesting that poor people be given the meals removed from sale because they contained horse meat. Charities and a Catholic leader said the idea showed an astonishing lack of respect. https://www.thelocal.de/20130222/48139 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:19:00 +0100 48139 Germany's poor count cost of recession A survey into Germany's rich and poor shows that while Germany as a whole may have escaped the worst of Europe's debt crisis, many of its citizens have not. https://www.thelocal.de/20120923/45135 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:53:00 +0200 45135