The reported figures were noticeably weaker from the second half of 2022 onwards.... Germany's workforce was larger than ever. According to provisional figures, the total number of people in employment rose to a new record of 45.9 million last year.... " The immigration of foreign labor was one of the reasons for the increase in employment in 2023," the Federal Statistical Office( Destatis) said on Tuesday....

NEW YORK: The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries Plus( Opec+) is doing its best to ignore the war started by one of its leading members, but it may not be able to manage it for much longer. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, oil’s surge above US$ 110( RM462) a barrel and the resulting mayhem in financial markets barely figured in the cartel’s meeting. The group ratified the 400, 000 barrel-a-day production increase that was scheduled for April and wrapped up in a record time of just 13

Only thing Merkel can be blamed for is that she promised to deal with the crisis, saying that they can handle it. When it became clear that the migration crisis was running out of control, the German government faced a wave of criticism.