LAZARET CITIES
BERLIN
POPULATION
3,562,038
source: worldpopulationreview.com
MEDIAN AGE
47.8
% 65+
22
for Germany. source: cia.gov
for Germany. source: data.worldbank.org
HOUSING OVERVIEW † MEDIAN
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
‡ MEDIAN
$100,023
PROPERTY VALUE
MEDIAN GROSS RENT
REINICKENDORF
$45,482 $1,338 OWN
RENT
BERLIN 17.4%
82.6%
GERMANY 46.5%
53.5% source: destatis.de + statista
BERLIN TEGEL AIRPORT
UNEMPLOYMENT MAY 2019
3.0%
MAY 2020
4.4%
MARZAHN
BERLIN CENTRAL STATION
for Germany. source: destatis.de
FRIEDRICHSHAIN
MITTE
DAYS IN LOCKDOWN
CHARLOTTENBURG KREUZBERG
RIVER FREEWAY NEUKÖLLN
RAILWAY
AIRPORT
CENTRAL STATION
PORT
BERLIN SCHÖNEFELD AIRPORT
BEACH
49 days
GERMANY UNVEILS €130BN CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY PACKAGE
EU LEADERS REACH $2 TRILLION DEAL ON RECOVERY PLAN AFTER MARATHON SUMMIT
"Germany has unveiled a €130bn (£116.4bn) package of tax and spending measures designed to boost the country’s economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis. Announcing measures to drag Europe’s largest economy out of recession as lockdown measures are removed, Angela Merkel’s government said it would use the package of sweeping temporary tax cuts and increase benefits to turbocharge its recovery.
"The heads of state had been locked in talks since Friday morning to discuss the proposed fund and the EU’s next budget.
Measures announced include:
They committed 30% of their total expenditure from the recovery fund and the next EU budget to address climate concerns.
A temporary VAT cut from 19% to 16%, from 1 July until 31 December / A €300 one-off payment for every child in the country / A €50bn fund to address climate change, innovation and digital technology / A €25bn loan support programme for small firms that have seen their sales drop by more than 60% for June to August. This could be a particular boost for bars, restaurants, hotels and other hospitality businesses. / €10bn for municipalities struggling with lower tax receipts, with public spending on infrastructure and housing. Germany’s package of measures comes on top of a €750bn rescue package agreed in March. It included loan guarantees and direct spending measures such as furlough wage subsidies."
4 June 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/04/germany-unveils-huge130bn-coronavirus-recovery-package.
Deep differences on how to divide the amount between grants and loans, how to oversee its investment and how to link it with the EU’s democratic values prolonged the talks into one of the longest EU summits in history.
The latest deal from Brussels marks a precedent for common debt borrowing at the EU level, something that many countries, including Germany, opposed for a long time. But this oppositional stance had softened in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. “With the biggest-ever effort of cross-border solidarity, the EU is sending a strong signal of internal cohesion. Near-term, the confidence effect can matter even more than the money itself,” analysts at Berenberg bank said in a note Tuesday." 21 July 2020 https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/21/eu-leaders-reach-a-breakthrough-on-theregions-recovery-fund.html