Not all European welfare states are created equal. Denmark and Norway target a good two thirds or more of its public social benefits to the bottom to income quintiles. Sweden is not far behind as is Finland as targeted welfare states.
Source: OECD Income Distribution database, via http://oe.cd/idd
Germany by contrast spreads its largess from its welfare state almost identically across the entire income spectrum. France does not seem the see the poor as a priority for the welfare state with larges increasing with the richer you get. The British are a bit messy where they target a quarter of their welfare state to the poor but another 30% of public cash social benefits go to the working poor or whatever they may be called.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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