In the first half of 2012 Germany was the budget surplus. The country, with respect to its European rivals, significantly expanded its budget, and it came to the German treasury income size of 8.3 billion euros. Germany's surplus amount is 0.6% of GDP.
As the statistics, the budget for the first time Germany was growing back in 2007. The fact is that the global crisis has a very strong blow to the economy, so the government had to borrow money to cover expenses.
First, a large contribution to the profit earned unloading social welfare, because due to low unemployment surplus of 11.6 billion euros. For comparison, in other European countries, the budget is in a very deep red, which is why many people can not cope with the demands of Brussels regarding retention deficits at 3% of GDP.
Germany's GDP has grown significantly in the second half of 2012, ie by 0.3%, while the economy grew by 0.5%. These figures demonstrate the excellent growth for Germany, because during the economic boom of the rest of Europe have suffered severe financial distress.