"Taz" research Racism scandal among Johanniter and Malteser: hate speech and Hitler's birthday in the Wache calendar A Johanniter ambulance. In Cologne, employees with racist incidents were conspicuous. © Imago Images Actually, the employees of Johanniter and Malteser are there to help other people. Instead, however, some of them are said to have openly racistly etched against refugees, as the "Taz" reports. There may have been repeated incidents with racist and openly right-wing backgrounds at the two major aid organizations...
press review Hartz IV successor "The reform has the potential to improve people's lives": This is how the press assesses citizen income An employee of the Federal Employment Agency in Düsseldorf advises a customer: the current Hartz IV system is to be replaced by a citizen's allowance on January 1st. © Oliver Berg / DPA It is the biggest social reform in years: the traffic light coalition has launched the citizen benefit that is to replace Hartz IV. The draft...
Germany SPD General Secretary "Union didn't hear the shot" - This is how Kühnert defends the planned citizens' allowance Status: 06:24 a.m | Reading time: 2 minutes Opinions are divided on the planned citizens' income More and more criticism of the planned citizens' allowance: Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder and Crafts President Hans Peter Wollseifer warn that the new service would not create enough incentives for taking up work according to the plans of the traffic light coalition. There are...
company Coalition rejects criticism of citizen money Citizens' benefit: single people should receive 502 euros a month and young people 420 euros. photo © Bernd Wüstneck/dpa It is the biggest social reform in years: the traffic light government wants to leave Hartz IV behind with the citizens' income. There was criticism at the start of the parliamentary procedure - the coalition defended itself. Representatives of the SPD and the Greens have rejected criticism of the planned citizens' allowance. "Apparently, the...
comment Status: 09/14/2022 5:17 p.m Hartz IV was often more humiliation than encouragement. With the new citizens' allowance, the federal government is not only trying to get rid of a stigmatizing stamp. However, the new system still has to prove itself. A commentary by Jim-Bob Nickschas, ARD capital studio Finally: Hartz IV has had its day. Whereby: This term and much that was associated with it has never done society a particularly great service. Hartz IV was a stamp on...
Status: 09/14/2022 04:41 a.m The federal cabinet intends to get citizen income off the ground today. In the run-up there was a dispute about sanctions, but other details are not yet public. By Uwe Jahn, ARD Capital Studio Respect, social security, reducing bureaucracy - these are the buzzwords that Federal Minister of Social Affairs Hubertus Heil has been using since July to promote the citizens' benefit that is to replace Hartz IV. The SPD politician is concerned with giving the...
Instead of Hartz IV Single people should receive 502 euros per month citizen money Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil. The introduction of citizen income is one of the most important socio-political projects of the traffic light coalition. photo © Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa The introduction of citizen income is firmly agreed in the coalition agreement of the red-green-yellow federal government. Minister of Social Affairs Heil has now made a proposal for the amounts. According to plans by the Federal Ministry of...
Status: 09/10/2022 2:58 p.m According to a bill by the Ministry of Labour, the standard rate for the citizens' income planned by the coalition should be 502 euros per month. The previous Hartz IV rates would therefore be increased by 53 euros on January 1, 2023. By Georg Schwarte, ARD Capital Studio If Federal Minister of Labor Hubertus Heil has his way, the basic income from January 1, 2023 should be 502 euros per month. The Department of Labor has...
Status: 07.09.2022 21:21 Udo Lindenberg is the new honorary citizen of the city of Hamburg. The citizenship awarded the 76-year-old the highest award in the Hanseatic city with a large majority. After Udo Lindenberg had taken selfies with passers-by in front of the town hall, he said at the ceremony in the main ballroom in front of around 350 invited guests - equipped as usual with hat, sunglasses and studded belt - he had already seen it on his first...
Status: 07.09.2022 21:21 Udo Lindenberg is the new honorary citizen of the city of Hamburg. The citizenship awarded the 76-year-old the highest award in the Hanseatic city with a large majority. After Udo Lindenberg had taken selfies with passers-by in front of the town hall, he said at the ceremony in the main ballroom in front of around 350 invited guests - equipped as usual with hat, sunglasses and studded belt - he had already seen it on his first...
