Meanwhile, the number of illegal border entries in Germany has decreased by over 50% in the past two years. Private ...

Federal Chairman and leading candidate of Die Linke (The Left) Jan van Aken stands in the studio with leading politicians from the smaller parties ahead of the live ZDF program "Schlagabtausch".

A growing gap between rich and poor in Germany could sap social cohesion in Europe's largest economy and most populous country, a government report warned Thursday. "If the differences between poor ...

The Left Party says "there shouldn't be any billionaires." With Germany gearing up for an election, the far-left force has launched a new tax concept — though it will most likely never get a chance to ...

Blackstone Inc. has teamed up with almost 80 different partners as the alternative asset manager looks to tap into the ranks of Europe’s wealthy investors while navigating its balkanized patchwork of ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Private wealth is more unevenly distributed in Germany, Europe's largest economy and paymaster, than in any other euro zone state, a study showed on Wednesday. While the richest one ...

The idea of higher wealth taxes to finance the mounting public debt in the wake of the financial crisis is gaining ground in several OECD countries. We evaluate the revenue and distributional effects ...

p "If the differences between poor and rich are felt to be too big in a society, and wealth seems mostly to be acquired without rewarding work, then acceptance of the economic and social order can ...