A majority of Germans in the former communist East feel like second-class citize...
BERLIN - A majority of Germans in the former communist East feel like second-class citizens almost three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall even though they are catching up economically with western regions, a government report showed on Wednesday.
By 2018, East Germany’s economic strength had risen to 75% of the west German level from 43% in 1990. Employment is at a high in the east and wages there are 84% of those in the west.The annual report on ‘the state of German unity’ also cited a recent survey carried out for the government showing that 57% of east Germans felt like second-class citizens.
Hirte, acknowledging that the convergence process was not yet complete, cited depopulation - 2 million people, especially young people and women, have left the region in the last three decades and few big global firms have moved in.
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