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Originally Posted by baddog
My friends are west German; the impression I got was the influx of Eastern Europeans in general had caused an unemployment issue that had never existed before. I think going to the Euro instead of the Deutsche Mark kind of stung a little as well.
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Not true at all. The introduction of the Euro was fathered by the Germans. Germany's Helmut Kohl wanted to get rid of the Deutsche Mark as it was too strong for the export oriented economy. The only ones complaining about the Euro are savers who think they don't get enough interest without taking a risk.
East Europeans shaked up the labour market in a good way. Germans can hire Polish, Czech or Dutch electricians for half the price, today.