Social reform: basic income clears last hurdle

Social reform: basic income clears last hurdle

Green light for major reform: Many companies are desperately looking for workers. Nevertheless, many people are stuck in Hartz IV. Now the state should take better care of the unemployed.

With the start of the citizens’ allowance, millions of people in need will receive significantly higher payments on January 1st. After weeks of struggle, the central socio-political project of the traffic light coalition cleared the last hurdles on Friday. The Bundestag and Bundesrat gathered with broad majorities behind the set of rules, which had been tightened under pressure from the Union. In the state chamber, Minister of Labor Hubertus Heil […]

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