- Title: GERMANY: UNEMPLOYMENT RISES ABOVE FOUR-MILLION LEVEL
- Date: 6th February 2002
- Summary: (W5) NUREMBERG, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 6, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV BERNHARD JAGODA, GERMAN FEDERAL LABOUR OFFICE CHIEF, ARRIVING FOR MONTHLY NEWS CONFERENCE 0.09 2. PAN FROM JAGODA ACROSS TABLE WITH JOURNALISTS 0.19 3. CU CHART SHOWING INCREASE IN UNEMPLOYED 0.23 4. CU OF CHART SHOWING INCREASE OF 196,700 0.27 5. MCU (German) JAGODA, SAYING: "I would like to say that we are counting on an increase of half a million in the winter quarter and it can not be ruled out that we see a marginal increase for the month of February. I can not rule that out. But let me make very clear that I am confident that just like in previous years winter unemployment will go down in the spring." 1.00 (W5) BERLIN, GERMANY (RECENT - JANUARY 25, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 6. SV EXTERIOR UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE 1.06 7. CU POSTER ON WALL READING "ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A JOB?", PAN TO UNEMPLOYED MAN ENTERING ROOM 1.16 8. SLV PEOPLE SEATED IN WAITING ROOM 1.20 9. SLV MAN WITH TWO LITTLE CHILDREN LEAVING UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE 1.28 10. PAN FROM SIGN TO HALLWAY WITH PEOPLE WAITING 1.37 (W5) BERLIN, GERMANY (FILE - DECEMBER 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 11. SV PEOPLE WALKING IN CROWDED STREET DURING CHRISTMAS SEASON 1.46 (W5) RUESSELSHEIM, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 5, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 12. SLV OF WORKERS AT OPEL CAR FACTORY 1.50 13. SV WORKERS ON ASSEMBLY LINE 1.56 14. SLV/SV CAR GOING PAST ON ASSEMBLY LINE (2 SHOTS) 2.07 (W5) BERLIN, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 6, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 15. SLV EXTERIOR OF OPPOSITION CDU (CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS) PARTY HEADQUARTERS IN BERLIN 2.11 16. PAN BANNER ON FACADE READING "HOW MANY MORE UNEMPLOYED, MR. SCHROEDER?" 2.20 17. SV CDU EMPLOYEES ROLLING POSTER PAST READING: 'THE 4 MILLION CHANCELLOR' 2.28 18. CU OF "A", THE SYMBOL OF THE GERMAN UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE (ARBEITSAMT) 2.36 19. SV FRIEDRICH MERZ, FLOOR LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION CDU/CSU PARTIES, WALKING TO MICROPHONES 2.44 20. MCU (German) MERZ, SAYING: "This chancellor has crushed people's hopes and we will not be able to get rid of that reputation. He is now the 4 million chancellor." 2.53 21. SLV EXTERIOR CHANCELLERY 2.57 22. LV OF GERHARD SCHROEDER, GERMAN CHANCELLOR, SEATED AT TABLE DURING REGULAR CABINET MEETING 3.02 23. SV SCHROEDER TALKING AIDE 3.07 24. SLV OF CABINET TABLE 3.10 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: VARIOUS LOCATIONS, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
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- Story Text: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's pledge to slash
unemployment by this year's election has come back to haunt
him as data showed January jobless numbers above the explosive
four-million level.
The Federal Labour Office on Wednesday (February 6)
said unadjusted unemployment, the data most often quoted in the
German media and thus the most politically sensitive, rose to
4.289 million in January from 3.964 million in December.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's conservative
opponents, ahead in opinion polls, have rounded on news of
rising joblessness in recent months, attacking the chancellor
for failing to fulfil a promise to get unemployment down to
3.5 million during his four-year term.
"This chancellor has crushed people's hopes and we will
not be able to get rid of that reputation. He is now the 4
million chancellor," said Friedrich Merz, floor leader of the
opposition CDU/CSU parties.
As Europe's largest economy, high unemployment in Germany
signals bad news for recovery prospects across the euro zone
and comes on the same day as Spain reported that its jobless
rate rose to 9.68 percent in January from 9.23 percent in
December.
Traditional industries like carmaking still form the
backbone of the German economy, and Federal Labour Office
chief Bernhard Jagoda said slow industrial growth would keep
hitting the labour market for the time being.
"I would like to say that we are counting on an increase
of half a million in the winter quarter and it can not be
ruled out that we see a marginal increase for the month of
February. I can not rule that out," he said.
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