The Fiscal Unravelling of Europe: Mass Immigration and the Transformation of Welfare States into Global Bludger Systems, By Richard Miller (Londonistan)

Europe, once the cradle of industrial might and social innovation, now teeters on the edge of fiscal collapse. At the forefront stands Germany, the continent's once economic powerhouse, whose cities are buckling under deficits exceeding €30 billion in 2025 alone. This crisis is not a fleeting storm of inflation or recession; it's the engineered outcome of decades-long mass immigration policies, rooted in globalist ideologies that prioritise open borders over national sovereignty. What began as globalist Leftist gestures under leaders like Angela Merkel has morphed into a systemic drain, turning prosperous nations into sprawling welfare apparatuses for the developing world. This post dissects how unchecked migration has weaponised Europe's generous social systems, accelerating deindustrialisation, cultural erosion, and financial insolvency. Far from a "diversity dividend," these policies have fostered dependency, resentment, and decline, with Germany as the starkest cautionary tale.

In November 2025, Thomas Kufen, the CDU mayor of Essen, a city of nearly 600,000 in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany's most populous state, delivered a sobering verdict: "Almost every German city is now on the verge of bankruptcy." Once expecting a modest €1.7 million surplus for 2025, Essen now faces a €123 million chasm, forcing total spending freezes on everything from infrastructure to public services. NRW exemplifies the rot: of its 396 municipalities, only 10 can muster balanced budgets, a ratio mirrored nationwide. Berlin's deficit alone hits €4.3 billion, Cologne's €600 million, and Dortmund's over €300 million, pushing the aggregate municipal shortfall to €30 billion, a 25% surge from 2024's €24 billion.

This isn't mere austerity; it's structural sabotage. Federal "rescue packages" like Berlin's €335 million over 12 years for Essen equate to a paltry €28 million annually, barely funding two schools amid skyrocketing construction costs. Kufen warns that without reform, essential services will crumble: daycares shutter, streetlights dim, and potholes proliferate, eroding public trust and inviting democratic backsliding. Yet, as X users lament, this chaos stems from "mass-migration madness" that has "bled dry" cities once synonymous with efficiency.

The culprit? An unrelenting influx of migrants, over 2 million asylum seekers since 2015, whose integration costs devour budgets. Official estimates peg direct expenditures on housing, welfare, and integration at €50 billion annually, a "low-ball" figure excluding ancillary burdens like education, healthcare, and incarceration. Add these, and projections soar toward €20 trillion over decades if borders remain porous. In Essen, refugee-related outlays top the deficit drivers; nationwide, social spending in NRW jumped 15% year-over-year.

Welfare, Germany's crown jewel, has become a magnet for dependency. "Citizens' money" (Bürgergeld) hit €46.7 billion in 2024, up 10% from prior years, with administrative overhead adding another €6.3 billion. Shockingly, 63.5% of recipients, over 2.5 million of 4 million able-bodied military aged claimants, hail from migrant backgrounds,comprising24.3% of the population. In Hesse, this ratio climbs to 76% among youth; in western states, it's 67.2%. Turks top the list at €5.8 billion in costs, followed by Syrians (€3.5 billion) and Afghans (€1.3 billion). Over half of the unemployed (54%) share this background, inverting the narrative of migrants as economic saviours. So much for die-versity as "our greatest strength"!

This table underscores the disparity: native Germans fund a system increasingly tilted toward newcomers, breeding resentment. As one X post notes, "Germany's welfare costs are EXPLODING and foreigners are fuelling the rise." Prisons reflect this too, nearly half the inmates in some states are foreign, costing €1.8 billion yearly.

Germany's plight echoes across the continent. Sweden's no-go zones and skyrocketing gang violence stem from similar lax policies, with migrant welfare claims consuming 20% of GDP equivalents. France grapples with €500 billion in public debt, partly from absorbing migration costs amid riots. The UK's NHS buckles under demographic pressures, while Italy and Spain ferry millions across the Mediterranean, their economies stagnating. EU-wide, migration-related spending tops €100 billion annually, per conservative estimates, subsidising a "replacement" workforce that undercuts wages and strains pensions.

Globalist architects, think Merkel's 2015 "Wir schaffen das," we can do it, or the EU's Pact on Migration, promised demographic renewal. Instead, they've imported poverty: 57% of Bürgergeld recipients aren't even unemployed, exploiting the system as a low-wage buffer for corporations. Energy prices, deindustrialisation from sanctions and mad green mandates, and inflation compound the pain, but migration is the accelerant. X discourse frames it bluntly: "ISLAMIFICATION: Germany's cities are nearing a financial collapse... after years of unchecked Islamic migration."

Beyond ledgers, the human toll is profound. In Essen, over a third of primary pupils require costly integration classes, diverting funds from native education. Hospitals overflow with non-citizen cases; psychiatric wards swell with unintegrated arrivals. Personal debt among Germans hits 5.7 million, fuelled by rent and energy spikes. This isn't enrichment — it's erasure, as X users decry "taxpayers funding their own replacement."

Politically, the backlash surges. The AfD, once marginalised, polls at 20% nationally, capitalising on cries to "close the borders, slash the welfare free-for-all." Chancellor Merz's CDU, complicit in the open-door era, now pivots to "no climate policy that threatens living standards," admitting the fantasy's end. Yet, as Kufen concedes, only federal action can stem the tide, localities are mere victims.

Europe's welfare states were built on solidarity among citizens, not subsidising global inequities. Mass immigration has perverted this into a one-way extraction scheme, turning engines of prosperity into Third-World outposts. Germany's €30 billion municipal abyss is the canary in the coal mine: without sealed borders, welfare reforms, and a rejection of globalist dogma, the continent risks irreversible balkanisation. The AfD's clarion call — "put Germans first" — resonates because it's not xenophobia; it's survival. As X voices echo, "Borders matter. Sovereignty matters." Europe must choose: reclaim its destiny or dissolve into subsidised chaos. The clock ticks toward bankruptcy, not just financial, but civilisational collapse.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/11/nearly-every-city-germany-is-going-bankrupt-how/