Social affairs: Scholz promises citizen income from 2023 - FDP has change requests

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has promised that Hartz IV will be replaced by the new citizens' allowance in the coming year. On Friday in Berlin he spoke of the fact that the basic income reform should "definitely" come into force on January 1st. However, the implementation remains controversial within the traffic light government. The FDP insists on the possibility of penalties for recipients of citizenship benefit if they do not participate in the job placement and urges better additional income opportunities.