Calling it “Bürgergeld”, with a touch of reassuring familiarity, was not enough to launch the “citizenship income” in Germany. After the green light last week from the Bundestag, the social recipe did not obtain a majority yesterday, Monday, in the chamber of Länder, the Bundesrat.
Red light for German Minister Hubertus Heil’s “Bürgergeld” (Keystone)
The proposal consisted of a monthly subsidy of 502 euros for the long-term unemployed. For the social allowance, the narrow path of compromise by the two chambers is now opening in a country that has a stable jobless rate of 3% (Eurostat data for September). Just to […]
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