Under the price increase, German media see "this expensive country" through the lives of 5 Germans

The German "Spiegel" Weekly July 1 article, the original title: traveling through five people in Germany, five lives, five lives, outline the daily life of ordinary German people. Since everything has risen, they have to re -arrange their lives. Russia -Ukraine's military conflict led to rising food prices, and sanctions against Russia pushed up energy prices. Germany's inflation rose to 7.9%in May, a new high in the past half a century.

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Yanus Disinger, who lives in Stedken Elsheim, is worried that inflation "will not leave when you come." Their house costs are about 4,000 euros per month. He and his wife have 5 children, and the family lives in a 83 -square -meter house. His mother is the owner of the house. Although Disinger does not pay the rent, the living expenses that need to be borne after rising energy prices also increase from 500 euros to 700 euros. In addition to working as a part -time job with his wife, he and his wife include 500 euros of car, refrigerator and sofa in installments, as well as nearly 400 euros of diesel, 170 euros of 4 mobile phone fees, and other insurance fees 400 euros per month. Before inflation, they go to the supermarket to buy it once a week. Now Disinger can shop on the way home from get off work every day, which can save some oil money.

Starde Weber is a single mother who lives with a 9 -year -old daughter in a rental house of 50 square meters and two -bedrooms and one guard. Weber has a school diploma in medicine management. He worked in a pharmacy and then transferred to the catering industry. After she was pregnant, her relationship with her boyfriend broke. After maternity leave, she studied industrial sales. Now she is responsible for employee welfare management and works for 32 hours a week. In order to save expenditures, she came up with 27 measures, such as "eating frozen food" and "control needs". She cut her hair, dye her hair, and sold unused clothes online. Among the single mothers, her situation is medium. The monthly net income is 1845 euros. The government subsidies of the government have a total of 2,300 euros for their support for their children's biological father, with a monthly balance of about 1,000 euros.

Rineon Bumgart lives in Burger and is a wine agent of a company. The senior restaurant administrator changed his career because he did not like regular working hours. He loves cooking, but the epidemic has plunged the catering industry, and customers frequently cancel orders. It is estimated that his total income a month is 4,000 to 5,000 euros. His expenditures include rent, son support, insurance premiums and installment payment for family shopping. He is used to shopping 5 times a week and enjoy fresh ingredients. Inflation seems to have no effect on him, but he also began to pay attention to promotion and discount information.

Dagma Naose, who lives in Munich, is 71 years old and her husband is 86 years old. They want to go to the bath to make hot springs together. But this is just a dream, because not only they are inconvenient to walk, they do not have enough money. Naose worked for 39 years. After graduating from a technical school, she worked in a company. She met her ex -husband at the age of 19. The latter set up a real estate brokerage company, and Naose was responsible for domestic affairs. When their marriage broke down 20 years later, she discovered that the company did not pay her pension normally. She was once again trained as an executive clerk and worked in a drainage system in Munich. She feels that the future retirees may not be as good as her.

The 44 -year -old Jana Nach lives in Lixing and has a holiday room to rent. She is a consultant of the EU's rural development funds and works 32 hours a week. The salary plus rent can guarantee the life of the whole family, but she is now more and more worried. In order to maintain the operation of the holiday house, she borrowed 150,000 euros, but met the epidemic. Now she needs to pay a loan of 700 euros per month, and she has to pay for the purchase of 3 mobile phones and cars. Next month, Nike plans to go to Paris to celebrate the adult ceremony for her eldest daughter. (Author Mike Glous Carterhofhov and Katja Tim, Kou Ying translated)

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