"The recently re-elected German government is planning drastic spending cuts which will hit the unemployed hardest. Although unemployment in Germany is rising, the new German minister for Economics and Labour, Wolfgang Clement (SPD—German Social Democratic Party), is pressing ahead with measures that will reduce state contributions to unemployment support this year by a total of 6.5 billion euros. He presented a draft law to this effect to the cabinet October 30" (Quoted from article)