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Olaf Scholz. Olaf Scholz (German: [ˈoːlaf ˈʃɔlts] ⓘ; born 14 June 1958) is a German politician who has been the 36th chancellor of Germany since 2021. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), he previously served as vice chancellor in the fourth Merkel cabinet and as Federal Minister of Finance from 2018 to 2021.
The demography of Germany is monitored by the Statistisches Bundesamt (Federal Statistical Office of Germany). According to the most recent data, Germany 's population is 84,669,326 (31 December 2023) [1] making it the most populous country in the European Union and the nineteenth-most populous country in the world.
Germany is the seventh most visited country in the world, [131] [132] with a total of 407 million overnights during 2012. [133] This number includes 68.83 million nights by foreign visitors. In 2012, over 30.4 million international tourists arrived in Germany. Berlin has become the third most visited city destination in Europe. [134]
Minimum wage in Germany. Germany's minimum wage is €12.41 per hour, pre-tax since 1 January 2024. The legislation (German: Gesetz zur Regelung eines allgemeinen Mindestlohns) was introduced on January 1, 2015, by Angela Merkel's third government, a coalition between the SPD and the CDU. The implementation of a minimum wage was the SPD's main ...
Germany's population rose to an all-time high of 84.3 million people in 2022. [63] In 2023, 1,933,000 people immigrated to Germany, including 276,000 from Ukraine and 126,000 from Turkey, while 1,270,000 people emigrated. Net immigration to Germany was 663,000 in 2023, down from a record 1,462,000 in 2022.
February 19, 2024 at 7:00 AM Westend61—Getty Images A banker on a €375,000 ($404,000) salary plus bonus was allegedly given a job title for a job he didn’t really do.
Heidelberg University is the oldest and among the most prestigious universities of Germany. It was established in 1386. Germany's universities are recognised internationally; in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) for 2008, six of the top 100 universities in the world are in Germany, and 18 of the top 200. [62]
The following list provides information relating to the minimum wages (gross) of countries in Europe. [1] [2]The calculations are based on the assumption of a 40-hour working week and a 52-week year, with the exceptions of France (35 hours), [3] Belgium (38 hours), [4] United Kingdom (38 hours), [3] Germany (38 hours), [5] Ireland (39 hours) [5] and Monaco (39 hours). [6]