In a recent poll by Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, a research outfit, 91% of east Germans (" Ossis ") and 85% of west Germans (" Wessis ") said unification was the right choice.

研究机构Forschungsgruppe Wahlen最近的一次调查显示，91%的东德人(Ossis)和85%的西德人(Wessis)认为，两德统一是正确的选择。

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Nearly two-thirds think they are treated as second-class citizens and three-quarters feel disadvantaged compared with Wessis.

ECONOMIST: But eastern and western Germany may never quite meet

With German unification, the waterfront mansions acquired rich new occupants, many of them Wessis who saw the path as their private property.

ECONOMIST: A revealing argument about a footpath

Many Wessis, tempted by cheaper labour, the chance to ignore red tape and fat government incentives to invest in the former east, have moved their businesses across the old line.

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