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4.5 million unemployed
The number of unemployed in Germany has dropped by 255,000 in the month just ending. According to the Federal Labour Agency in Nuremberg, this is the strongest decline in the month of May since German Reunification [1990]. In total, 4.535 million people were registered as unemployed, down 350,000 compared to the same time last year. That translates to an unemployment rate of 10.8 percent, down 0.7 percent. Chancellor Angela Merkel described the numbers as indicative of a clear upward trend in employment. She said in Munich that her government would continue in its course, in order to secure that trend. Federal Labour Minister Franz Muentefering called upon politics and business, despite the economic upswing, to joing together in common effort, in order to strengthen the positive trend. Meanwhile, the German Federation of Unions has reaffirmed its call, given continuing poor conditions on the apprenticeship market, for a levy on businesses that fail to offer sufficient training positions. The Opposition and labour unions also criticized the government, accusing the CDU/CSU-SPD coalition of indecisiveness, and pointing out that the number of regular (permanent, full-time) positions continues to fall.
The number of unemployed in Germany has dropped by 255,000 in the month just ending. According to the Federal Labour Agency in Nuremberg, this is the strongest decline in the month of May since German Reunification [1990]. In total, 4.535 million people were registered as unemployed, down 350,000 compared to the same time last year. That translates to an unemployment rate of 10.8 percent, down 0.7 percent. Chancellor Angela Merkel described the numbers as indicative of a clear upward trend in employment. She said in Munich that her government would continue in its course, in order to secure that trend. Federal Labour Minister Franz Muentefering called upon politics and business, despite the economic upswing, to joing together in common effort, in order to strengthen the positive trend. Meanwhile, the German Federation of Unions has reaffirmed its call, given continuing poor conditions on the apprenticeship market, for a levy on businesses that fail to offer sufficient training positions. The Opposition and labour unions also criticized the government, accusing the CDU/CSU-SPD coalition of indecisiveness, and pointing out that the number of regular (permanent, full-time) positions continues to fall.