Der europäische Ableger des amerikanischen Nachrichtenmagazin „Newsweek“ berichtete am 20.02.2015 ebenfalls in einem ausführlichen Bericht zur Armutssituation in Deutschland mit Aussagen von Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn:

Dr Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn, a speaker for the Green parliamentary group in the German Bundestag, agrees. He believes cuts in social security funding are responsible for labour market incomes in the country becoming progressively more unequal, and points the finger at German chancellor Angela Merkel. “While other countries have introduced tax credits for low income groups, this has not been on the agenda in Germany,” he says. “The fight against poverty is not on the agenda of the present government, neither has it been on the agenda of the preceding governments under Merkel.” He says he believes that while Germany is profiting from the low value of the euro – which he attributes to the “crisis in southern Europe” – it is purely the upper-income groups who benefit. “The poor lag behind because they have been neglected by the Merkel government,” he says. “What is needed in Germany is the introduction of minimum levels in the social security systems, and it is also necessary to make the social insurance system universal.”

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