short readsNov 6, 2019 East Germany has narrowed economic gap with West Germany since fall of communism, but still lags Despite improvements in recent decades, the former East Germany trails the former West on several important economic measures.
reportApr 24, 2017 Middle Class Fortunes in Western Europe From 1991 to 2010, the middle class expands in France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, but, as in the United States, shrinks in Germany, Italy and Spain