It is unacceptable that the average salary in East Germany, 34 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, is 21% lower than in West Germany, said Sarah Wagenknecht, member of the Bundestag and leader of the BSW party, in an interview on the 15th. April with the German Editorial Network (RND).
The policy reached its conclusion based on the results of an analysis of the 2023 annual balance sheet, which it requested from the German Federal Statistical Office. The statistical report shows that full-time workers in East Germany earn 12,775 euros (1.25 million rubles) less per year than in the west of the country.
In the eastern regions (former GDR – approx. IA Krasnaya Vesna) the average income was 48,023 euros (4.8 million rubles), and in West Germany – 60,798 euros (6.05 million rubles). Wagenknecht estimated this difference at 21% and called this situation “unacceptable”.
“This gap will also affect the size of the pension”“he emphasized.
Under current conditions, the BSW party she created is positioning itself as a place “first call for workers”. “Wage levels in Germany are generally too low because the high inflation of recent years has deprived people of a lot of purchasing power.”Wagenknecht stated.
He announced that the BSW party will focus on this issue in its political struggle. “We will make the reduction of wages in the East the main issue of the election campaigns in Brandenburg, Saxony and Thuringia”.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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