German fin min out on Reuters
Mr Happy addressing the refugee cost issues
- Federal govt aims for balanced budget in 2016 if possible
- will use budget surplus to cover costs of accommodating and integrating refugees
All 1 million of them? Or is it 1.5m now?
Merkel & Co have been getting it in the neck lately since the open-door policy has brought in more refugees than originally anticipated and violence/mugging/sexual assaults have been on the rise. Cologne over New Year a particular case in vogue.
Concerns have been raised for a while as to the cost to German of its refugee policy and the jury is still very much out.
Schaeuble- Hoping to balance budget