http://www.handelsblatt.com/politik...rzarbeit-rettet-jobs-ueber-den-herbst;2441363 In German language, but some statistics : Siemens : 19.000 employees on short hours MAN AG : 17400 Metal workers : 32.700 and so forth...
It is a known secret that this army of subsidized workers will hit the unemployment "market" right after the elections in September. There is a consensus between most big corporations to not let too many people go as to not bolster extreme political forces on the left and right wing. Come Oct/Nov mass firings will be unleashed, unless some magic "V-Shape" recovery takes place overnight. This winter might be very harsh and cold for the German working class
Don't forget if it goes bad there... it can quickly get very messy... at over 20% unemployment ( for the german native ) , europe will be in big trouble !
Austro-Hungary isn't what it used to be... Sure neither are the french or brits. Talk about a W shaped "recovery". The stimulus and hope all are going to hit in the last 6 months of 2009, this is make or break. Inflection point.
I wasn't speaking about a massive scale war... more about racial ( or religius, or what the new hype will be ) discrimination...