In the interim, German taxpayers pay to feed, house and care for the refugees.

German taxpayers, so the story goes, paid for Irish roads.

Can you blame a hard-working German taxpayer for being resistant to that?

In addition a number of other deductions may be claimed by German taxpayers.

And for the foreseeable future, the German taxpayer will continue to foot an unwelcome bill.

And yet, the German taxpayers haven't risen in protest.

How much money has been lost to British and German taxpayers through the use of this system?

They know that they will have to pay, but German taxpayers cannot always pay.

I suspect that most of all, the German taxpayer will not put up with this expensive charade for very much longer.

I have to justify myself every day to German taxpayers and explain that we are getting value for money.