“The traffic light must be fundamentally improved,” says the CSU boss.
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Berlin One day before the Bundestag deliberations on the new citizens’ allowance, Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder reiterated his reservations in principle about the reform of basic security. “The citizen money is socially unjust and unfair,” said the CSU boss of the “Bild am Sonntag”. “The traffic light must be fundamentally improved: with sanctions, with protective assets, with the performance principle. Consent can only be given under these conditions.”
The unemployment benefit II (Hartz-IV) introduced in 2005 is to be replaced with the citizen benefit. The Federal Council must agree to this at its special session on Monday. The federal government is preparing for a mediation process.
The reform is intended to make it easier for the unemployed to be placed in the labor market, including through more qualification and further training. The opportunities for additional earnings with lower deductions from citizen income are also being expanded. Above all, the Union rejects the increase in protective assets. The needy do not have to touch these financial reserves if they want to receive citizen benefits.