Thousands of Germans came out on Saturday on the streets of Berlin and Stuttgart to protest against a new financial plan designed to save billions of euros annually, according to the German edition of the Kleine Zeitung.
June 7th Chancellor of Germany Merkel reported that members of the Government of Germany agreed on a financial plan for the next few years, designed to annual savings of billions of euros. According to prepared by the eight-page document "Strengthening the foundations of our future, savings will be carried out in various areas, while it will not affect spending on science and education. Prepared a plan has become the largest savings package in the history of the united Germany.
According to the organizers of the mass demonstration in Berlin, more than 20,000 participants joined the protest, the main slogan was: "We will not pay for your crisis.
In Stuttgart marchers with signs, where it was written: "Just a different way to work."
According to the June 7 document, the savings to social services - Government proposed to cut social benefits glad to certain categories of citizens. Also planned to reduce the bureaucracy - to 10,000 employees by 2014. In 2011, state employees by 2,5% to cut wages. Also in the coming months, authorities in Germany produced a major reform of the armed forces.
It is noteworthy that the new draft measures to rehabilitate the economy of Germany in the first place, raised the top managers, threatening them with a significant increase in taxes.
Merkel urged people in Germany to understand the need for measures that, however, does not remedy the situation. Dissatisfaction with the German economic policy has resulted in thousands Saturday in demonstrations in major cities.
As previously reported, savings, according to the adopted program is planned by reducing spending on social programs, reduce the salaries of civil servants, as well as layoffs.
In total, over the next six years, the government expects to save about 80 billion euros.
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