Ampel agrees on a payment card for refugees. There was trouble in the coalition - also because the Greens didn't want a federal regulation at first.

Each federal state is free to introduce such a card and specify the details. The German Association of Cities was only partially satisfied. There is still a lack of “clear regulation from the federal government as to what upper limit should apply to cash payouts” The federal states would now have to determine whether their plans will be overturned by the Federal Constitutional Court.