Tag: Social benefit
Paus wants to reduce allowances for billion-euro projects
Berlin If a minister wants to spend ten billion euros more on her prestige project than the finance minister wants to allocate to her, then one can certainly speak of…
Funds see a big gap in Lauterbach’s care reform
Karl Lauterbach The health insurance companies criticize the care reform of the health minister. (Photo: IMAGO/Chris Emil Janssen) Berlin The nursing care funds are empty, at the same time more…
Baukindergeld 2.0: Well meant, badly done
new building Due to the rise in interest rates, many families can no longer afford their own homes. On the other hand, Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz wants to do…
Annually 350 million euros for families
Klara Geywitz Building Minister Klara Geywitz already announced last September that families willing to build will be supported. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Due to the increased interest rates on real estate…
Citizen Income Compromise: Law for the Middle Class
The Hartz IV laws and their successor, citizen income, which was passed in the mediation committee on Wednesday evening, are intended to help the poorest of the poor in Germany.…
Citizen Income Compromise: Law for the Middle Class
The Hartz IV laws and their successor, citizen income, which was passed in the mediation committee on Wednesday evening, are intended to help the poorest of the poor in Germany.…
Mediation committee agrees on citizens’ income – fast adoption expected
Mediation committee advises on citizens’ income With the citizen money, the standard rates in the basic security are increased. The coalition is also expanding the additional earnings limits. (Photo: dpa)…
How work would be even more worthwhile
More money With the citizen money, the standard rates in the basic security are increased. The coalition is also expanding the additional earnings limits. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Chancellor Olaf Scholz…
The way for citizens’ money is free – new compromises in controversial issues
citizen money The countries with Union participation had stopped the law introduced by Minister of Labor Hubertus Heil (SPD) in the Bundesrat. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The coalition parties and the…
The way for citizens’ money is free – compromises in disputed issues
Berlin After days of struggling, the traffic light and the Union have cleared the way for the planned citizens’ allowance. Both sides reached compromises on the disputed issues according to…
Job centers have to bear the consequences of the housing benefit reform
Skyscrapers in Hamburg Many people depend on support for their housing costs. (Photo: imago images/Hoch Zwei Stock/Angerer) Berlin When Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz (SPD) visited the housing office in…
Scholz attacks Merz because of blockade of citizen money: Union in social policy “taken off”
SPD state party conference in Baden-Württemberg The Chancellor referred to a series of reforms with which the traffic light coalition is supporting hard-working people and families. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Friedrichshafen…
Why the salaries of civil servants could become more expensive
Berlin The planned higher standard rates for citizen income could also affect the payment of civil servants. Because according to two fundamental judgments of the Federal Constitutional Court, a minimum…
Federal Council blocks reform – Union-led countries do not agree
Employment Agency The citizen income reform is intended to replace Hartz IV. (Photo: imago images / Eckhard Stengel) Berlin The basic income reform pushed by the traffic light coalition was…
Where are the problems with the welfare state reform and what is the next step?
CDU leader Friedrich Merz is following the citizen money debate in the Bundestag The Union wants to support the planned standard rate increase, but rejects other parts of the law.…
Traffic light must fundamentally improve on citizens’ income
Markus Soder “The traffic light must be fundamentally improved,” says the CSU boss. (Photo: dpa) Berlin One day before the Bundestag deliberations on the new citizens’ allowance, Bavaria’s Prime Minister…
Bundestag decides citizen money – Heil campaigns for the approval of the federal states
Berlin The Bundestag has launched the citizens’ allowance planned by the traffic light coalition. SPD, Greens and FDP voted with their majority for the law. In a roll-call vote, 385…
How useful is citizen income?
Dusseldorf According to Labor Minister Hubertus Heil, the planned citizens’ benefit will be “the biggest social reform in 20 years”. But in order for the citizen’s income to come into…
Traffic light coalition wants to increase child benefit to 250 euros
child support Parents should receive significantly more child benefits from January. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Families can expect a far greater increase in child benefit for 2023 than previously planned. The…
Work should be worth it – CDU & FDP present proposals
Waitress “The benefits would become more and more attractive compared to jobs in lower income groups,” criticizes the German district association with regard to the planned citizen’s income. (Photo: imago…