Schwarz has given 500,000 euros ($590,780) to the ecologist Greens, offering strong backing for the party that wants to bring back wealth tax, and reform inheritance tax. Deep-rooted povertyWith the pandemic heaping unprecedented economic turmoil on the population, calls have grown for a fairer redistribution of wealth in the country. The number of people in these jobs increased by 43 percent between 2003 and 2019, up to 7.6 million workers in an active population of 42 million. The success of the Merkel years was built on “an enormous shadow army of low-paid workers”, said sociologist Oliver Nachtwey. Suheyla has, along with colleagues, since the beginning of December been striking for better pay and working conditions.

Source: The Local September 16, 2021 03:00 UTC