Basic security: SPD criticizes Linnemann’s hard civil allowance course

The urging of CDU general secretary Carsten Linnemann on a tough course in the agreed renovation of the citizens’ allowance met with significant criticism from the coalition partner SPD. “The attacks on the welfare state will become more every day. The social systems in the country are the solidary foundation of cohesion in society.

Linnemann: must go to the substance of the system

Union and the SPD agreed in the coalition agreement to convert the citizenship into a new “basic security for job seekers”. Linnemann urges to “really go to the substance of the system”, as he said. In his opinion, one point is particularly important: “If someone is demonstrably not accepting a reasonable job, although they can obviously work, the state must assume that they are not in need. And then he will no longer get civil allowance.”

SPD: Participate high income and assets more

Schmidt replied: “Instead of repeatedly asking the question of justice solely with those who have small, smallest or no income at all, it is important to participate more in the financing of our community that have the highest income and assets.” She added: “And instead of ignoring the realities of many people who need this support due to difficult life, illness, unemployment or other hurdles, you could also think about how to break down the hurdles and support them in a targeted and sustainable way on the way to work.”

Return of the debate – but now in a joint government

The debate is not new, but is now a sign, among other things because the Union and SPD rule together. Last summer, Linnemann had already brought the proposal to discuss the basic security in the discussion about an increase in the number of citizens’ papers and the increased increased costs for the service to discuss the basic security.

At that time he got headwind from the SPD, but also from the social wing of his own party. “Anyone who cannot be reached for the job centers often have mentally problems,” said the Vice Chair of the Christian Democratic Working (CDA), Christian Bäumler. In any case, people in Germany are not compatible with the Christian image of man.

Currently deletion up to two months possible

The Federal Ministry of Labor recently described the current legal situation in a response to an inquiry in the Bundestag: “So -called refusal to work, which consciously and reasonlessly refuse to take up a concrete, reasonable work and which have previously (within the last year) have already violated an obligation to take up work or have dismissed their employment without a reason, can be completely withdrawn in the citizen benefit for up to two months.”

Expenditures for civil allowance at almost 47 billion last year

According to the statistics of the Federal Employment Agency (BA), the expenditure on citizenship money rose to almost 47 billion euros last year. The previous year it was around 43 and a year before around 37 billion euros. The BA summarizes this under the term “payment claims”. The payment claim is the amount that is entitled to the people and which is actually granted. The number of so -called needs communities, i.e. households in which citizenship is received, is currently around 2.9 million.