Dhe federal executive didn’t want it that way, but in the end the grassroots prevailed: The Greens included the reference to an unconditional basic income in their new basic program. The party leadership had avoided this word in their proposal, only spoke of a “guarantee protection”, which should replace Hartz IV. This should be paid to people whose own financial resources are insufficient, so the party congress decided on Sunday.
However, the delegates also voted in favor of merging all social benefits in the long term. There is no longer any question of a needs test. Instead, it now says […]
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