Game & Life

Into Greece, Spain, Britain, Germany and Romania, people, 22 households, according to British media reports, the “war” has been the most serious economic crisis has given way to Greece, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Spain changed the leadership, but also forced European government spending cuts, layoffs, massive unemployment, tax increases, price increases, the British media were in Greece, Romania, Germany, Britain and Spain interviewed a middle-class families, found that even the engineers, doctors feel that a good life no, do not see the future of the middle class hope.
This generation of the next two generations of the superior overdraft
Interviewees: a Greek Georgia
Occupation:
Surgeon husband
English teacher wife
Once upon a time, Georgia and George lived parents have been enjoying the good life, but those days are gone, and now life is bitter.
George is a surgeon, George Adam 11-year English teacher, but with the Greek debt crisis, the couple had in January this year the island of Crete with her two children moved to Georgia parents’ home to “bite the old” .
Sharp drop in revenue in two, George is also concerned at any time likely to be unemployed. Household income has been reduced one-fifth of the tax rate has been rising, but still have to receive a special “crisis” income tax.
Couple of Greek politicians are very angry. Georgia felt “dark eyes, no ray of light”, “If we can burn the parliament, destroy it, the situation may be better.”
George while their own people very angry, that the Greek long-term tax policy, relying on European welfare living allowance is too high: “This is a bubble, the problem is the poor pay for this disaster.” Like the Greeks, like other young George began consider the family should pack up to leave Greece, the best immigration to Australia.
Georgia’s mother is a 65-year-old retired teacher: “I am very disappointed, very sad, the lives of our generation is superior, the son of overdraft in advance generation, the share of the grandchildren.”
Wages are not rising prices every year for six years up
Interviewees: a Spanish Amelia
Occupation:
Engineer husband
Wife housewife
53-year-old Gang Zhaluo an engineer, 38-year-old Amelia was a furniture designer, is now a housewife, they can be described as the unemployment rate up to 21% of a typical representative of Spain.
Amelia appears in: “Spain is a happy country, Germany has its own industry, we have the sun and drink the beverage.” Perhaps this also explains why the Spanish economy is tight, the bar is always full of people.
Spain’s economic crisis hit hard the middle class. Gang Zhaluo Although engineers, but wages did not rise for six years, prices are rising every year, equal to the purchasing power is getting worse. To raise their three daughters, the couple expressed great pressure. In order to meet the enormous expenses, Gang Zhaluo have rest on our laurels.
Three daughters in the future taking into account the issue of education abroad, Gang Zhaluo intends to sell the house outside Madrid. Amelia had to have their own furniture design studio, but gave birth to her daughter after the change as a freelance writer. Later, the family took over all the housework, Amelia could save the province, simply quit the part-time and save € 400 per month, they brought books, go to the cinema or buy clothes.
Everyone is only concerned about their home
Interviewees: a British Christian
Occupation:
Cardiff Police
Wife housewife
Like many other British, a Christian can not see a bright future. Four years ago, 38-year-old Kristin gave birth to second child after no work, and now, the UK’s unemployment rate reached the highest point in 17 years, when a four-year Christian housewife wants to return Forum staff have suffered cold shoulder. Christian was about to despair.
39-year-old husband, John, in police work, responsible for answering emergency calls. John’s previous annual salary of £ 35,000 was satisfied that the live “very comfortable”, of course, his annual salary average annual salary of more than 9,000 British pounds. But they want to work Kristen, that “more secure”: “You do not know what will happen tomorrow, if John unemployment it?”
This year, the UK tax rate kept rising, inflation has reached 5%, all this makes this family of four to Wujin purse. Buy discount movie tickets, watching the film no longer go out to eat, to go home to eat a sandwich, not to buy some brand-name. However, some provincial money or not. Children Mandarin courses last a week, the annual fee of 1,000 pounds.
Government intends to reduce the 300,000 civil service positions, civil service unions intend to initiate action to protest the end of November, but John would not participate. “Tough times so that everyone can care for themselves, you can not care about the future of the neighbors, you can only worry about themselves, their families, their children.”
Mixed short-term worker policy
Interviewees: Anna German
Occupation:
A high-tech car
Short-time working parts company
As the economic crisis, Germany has more than 60,000 companies use short-time policy. As the euro zone’s largest economy, Germany’s economic performance is better. Economists and politicians are seen as Germany’s policy in this economic crisis faster than other European countries to come forward and over the importance of “hero.”
Short-time policy referring to the company to reduce staff working hours, without reducing the number of employees. But the fear is real, many people fear that short-time policy is a harbinger of losing their jobs. This is also a high-tech auto parts company is worried about Anna. 40-year-old Anna was two years ago asked for a reduction in working hours.
Previously, Anna never concerned about the political news. However, with the debt crisis in Europe, Greece, Italy and other leaders have to step down, Anna began to read the news, she cares about the fate of Greece, what policy to use care in Germany rescue Greece.
Anna likes to enjoy Europe without convertible currencies to facilitate travel, but now they suspect that all of this, she thinks a mouse droppings bad pot of soup, some countries should not be included in the euro area. Anna started in addition to financial accounting, as unemployment concerns may always coiled in my heart.
Decline of service cuts
Interviewees: a Romanian Marina
Occupation:
Cardiff charity work
Surgical nurse wife
Marina in the Romanian capital Bucharest, a public hospital when neurosurgery nurse, her husband Dan in a charity work, they live in 65 square-meter house, a total of $ 780 monthly income below the per capita income.
Last year, Romania, plus tax, a 25% wage cut, hit most of the Romanians living. Marina one count of money every day to live, their only savings that the Government sent two children per month for 42 lei school subsidies. Economic crisis led to massive layoffs, before the end of last year, Romania cut 130,000 jobs. Layoffs, pay cuts also led to public services, such as hospitals and schools, quality of service, significantly reduced.