The coalition and opposition have exchanged heated blows in the Bundestag about the planned citizens’ allowance. Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) said on Thursday at the first consultation on the reform: “The introduction of citizen income on January 1 will be one of the biggest social reforms in 20 years.”
The Union criticized that the traffic light wanted to refrain from activating the long-term unemployed in the future.
“We want to reliably protect people who are in existential need,” says Heil. The citizen money should also ensure that those affected come out of need permanently. And politicians […]
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