The current poverty report was only published about two weeks ago. Scientists are now reporting doubts about the numbers. Are there really 13.8 million poor people in Germany?
According to the latest poverty report by the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband, there are now 13.8 million poor people in Germany. Experts now dispute that this alarming number is correct. “The parity paints a scenario on the wall that does not exist,” said Markus Grabka from the economic research institute DIW of the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”. “There are not 13.8 million poor people in the country.” The report compares years that cannot be compared, said Judith Niehues from the German Economic Institute. “The sharpening of parity does not make sense if we want to discuss effective poverty reduction,” said Georg Cremer, the long-standing Secretary General of the Caritas Association.
At the presentation of the poverty report at the end of June, Parität chief executive Ulrich Schneider spoke of a “poverty record”. Criticism is now also being raised among social politicians. “The record poverty is a message that is not proven if you take a closer look,” said Martin Rosemann, the SPD’s socio-political spokesman in the Bundestag, the SZ. “In doing so, the parity does his cause a disservice.”
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