>> #1:   27 Anglican bishops and 16 other clergy accuse the Tory-led coalition of creating hardship and hunger... It underlines the deep concern felt by the churches over the Coalition’s brutal welfare cuts which have left so many facing hunger and hardship...



>> The EU has 7% of world's population, 25% of its economy - and 50% of its welfare spending...  (Angela Merkel - German Chancellor):

www.dailymail.co.uk/article-2539584/welfare-spending



>> "Europe will have to "work very hard" to maintain the current most generous welfare system in the world...

>> "We witnessed in the former communist East Germany, and in the entire socialist system, that an economy which is no longer competitive denies people prosperity, and ultimately leads to great instability...

www.ft.com/8cc0f584-45fa-11e2/merkel-eu-world-welfare