Now, even some companies in western Germany are thinking of following suit.

These increases are expected to slow western Germany's growth to 3 percent this year.

High labor costs are now making it hard even for western Germany to compete in the global economy.

There was no immediate reaction from the drug companies in western Germany.

Grass could not return home and found refuge in western Germany.

But the attacks are spreading across both eastern and western Germany.

And it is also true that we have sold most of our companies to people from western Germany.

In western Germany, however, private businessmen soon returned to their old positions.

In the 1999-2009 decade, economic activity per person has risen from 67% to 71% of western Germany.

The novel became very popular through the great '80s revival in western Germany around the year 2000.