Poverty high despite bloom German economy

- Despite the booming economy of poverty in Germany remains at a high level and rises in the populous states of Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). This is stated in the annual poverty report published Tuesday by the German non-profit organization Balanced Welfare Association (Paritätische Wohlfahrt Association).

The association is very concerned about the position of pensioners. The extent of poverty in households of pensioners,, alarming '.

The land adjacent to our Land NRW is virtually the only state where poverty increases. Elsewhere in the Federal Republic, with the exception of Bavaria, poverty takes a little bit off. The welfare association called the Ruhr view of the large population,, the problem area number one in relation to poverty. '