Schwerin (dpa/mv) - According to the left, the lower funding for the long-term unemployed planned by the federal government would hit Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania hard. The long-term unemployed make up 40 percent of all unemployed in the north-east, said Henning Foerster, spokesman for labor market policy for the Left parliamentary group in the state parliament, on Friday. Due to the looming energy crisis and a possible economic crisis that will follow, jobs could be lost in the coming months. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) must stop the cuts.
As can be seen from the federal cabinet's draft budget, only 4.2 billion euros are planned for "benefits for integration into work". This year around 4.8 billion are available. The funds earmarked for 2023 are at the same level as in 2019, said a spokeswoman for Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD).
