Hundreds of people affected by Germany’s cost-of-living crisis gathered outside the Federal Chancellery in Berlin over the weekend to protest what they say is the increasingly worsening situation in people’s lives. Some demonstrators held signs calling for “immediate help for the poor” while other placards read, “We need healthy food. Abolish poverty!” In August, inflation in Germany reached a 50-year high, hitting 8.9%. In May, it had reached 8.7% — a figure not seen since 1973 and 1974 during a previous oil crisis. “We are no longer up to our necks in water, we are in the process of sinking…