East-West divide will persist in Germany
Though it has been 26 years since reunification, economic conditions and political attitudes continue to differ
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- Productivity and employment
- Demographic trends
- 'Socialist democracy'
- Anti-immigrant sentiment
- Voting behavior
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_350.jpg "Alternative for Germany demonstrators in Berlin call for Merkel to resign after a truck ploughed through a crowd at a Christmas market on December 19 (Reuters/Hannibal Hanschke)")