~~Thousands of people in Germany have been demonstrating today against the high level of unemployment in the country.~~ ~~Latest figures show a sharp rise, with nearly five million Germans out of work.~~ ~~Caroline Wyatt reports.~~ ~~Chanting Helmut Kohl must go the unemployed took to the streets of the German capital, Berlin, mirroring protests around the country.~~ ~~Joblessness is now at its highest level in Germany since the second world war.~~ ~~With the general election due this September, record figures could n't have come at a worst time for Chancellor Kohl.~~ ~~His promise to half unemployment by the year two thousand has now been abandoned.~~ ~~And the German electorate appears increasingly eager to dispense with the services of Europe's longest serving leader.~~ ~~Caroline Wyatt, BBC news, Bonn.~~