Germany's savers feel resentment and guilt over pressure to end euro crisis

German taxpayers stump up a "solidarity surcharge" of 5.5% of income tax to fund the hefty costs of unification in an arrangement due to last until 2019. "East Germany might well need another trillion," said Katinka Barysch, a German economist at the CER.

..."What won't happen is large-scale fiscal transfers without very strong central control," said Barysch. ..."What won't happen is large-scale fiscal transfers without very strong central control," said Barysch