Germany’s conservative opposition has held up a landmark welfare reform to provide basic income to some categories of people drawing unemployment benefits. The bill was blocked in the Bundesrat, Germany’s upper house.
The upper house of the German parliament on Wednesday put on hold government legislation to put more money into the pockets of people drawing state benefits.
The measure to provide a more generous basic income to certain groups claiming unemployment benefits was blocked by the conservative opposition. What’s the debate? Planned changes — approved by the lower house, the Bundestag — would introduce Bürgergeld, or "citizens’ money," in place […]
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