Biljet
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Yup, Europe is disintegrating before our eyes...
Jeremy Cliffe@JeremyCliffe
10 hours ago
Refugee crisis has crippled Germany so much that, err, its budget surplus is at a 27-year-high of €24 billion. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/39064795
The budget figures, published by Germany's Federal Statistical Office, showed that income was higher than spending in all areas of government - federal, state and local government, as well as social security.
The office said the main factors improving revenues were the large increase in income tax and property tax payments as well as the "good employment situation", which led to a "considerable growth" in social contributions.
In terms of expenditure, a big factor was increased spending by state and local governments on things such as accommodation for refugees, as well as payments to them for living expenses.
Germany has taken in more than a million migrants over the past two years, mainly from Africa and the Middle East.
If it does, I bet we will have another major conflict on the continent within 15 years... They cannot coexist peacefully for too long it seems