Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - Before the vote on citizen income in the Bundesrat, the south-west CDU reiterated its negative attitude. "Anyone who prefers to lie in the hammock and does not get involved must also be sanctioned," said General Secretary Isabell Huber on Sunday, according to the announcement. Citizens' income, on the other hand, sends the signal that labor market integration is no longer the focus. "It's a disgrace for the former SPD workers' party." The traffic light wants to bury the principle of promoting and demanding.
Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) had already said that Green-Black did not have a uniform position on this topic and would not get it established either. If the coalition partners do not agree, this usually leads to abstention. With the reform, which has already passed the Bundestag, the traffic light wants to replace the Hartz IV system. In the Bundesrat, however, the Union wants to block the law on Monday.
The traffic light plans for citizen income include an increase in the current standard rate of 449 euros for single people to 502 euros. In addition, the unemployed are to be put under less pressure in the future by threatened withdrawal of benefits (sanctions) and instead be given more support with further training measures. In addition, the requirements for the permitted amount of assets and the size of the apartment for benefit recipients are to be relaxed.
