According to a recent survey, 64 percent of Germans fear that increasing citizens’ allowances could deter people from regular work. Supporters of two parties are particularly skeptical.
64 percent of the population fear that people could decide against regular employment because of the increase in citizens’ allowance on January 1st. This emerges from a survey by the opinion research institute Forsa on behalf of the magazine “Stern”.
Supporters of the AfD and the Union are particularly critical of the increase in citizens’ allowance. 86 or 78 percent of them think that it is hardly worth pursuing a job anymore. The fear that the incentive to work will decrease is also prevalent among FDP (60 percent) and SPD (54 percent) voters. Only the majority of Green Party supporters do not share this view. Only 27 percent of them see the increase in citizens’ allowance next year as an incentive not to work. The institute interviewed 1,009 people for the survey between November 16th and 17th.
At the beginning of 2024, citizens’ benefit for more than five million adults and children in basic security will increase by an average of around twelve percent. The standard rate is adjusted annually to prices and wages – as was previously the case with Hartz IV. For single people, the citizen’s allowance will be increased by 61 to 563 euros on January 1st.
Source: Stern
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