CDU politician demands work instead of citizen's money - and threatens: Anyone who refuses will have their sentence completely cancelled. As of: March 15, 2024, 9:15 p.m By: Momir Takac CommentsPressSplit In order to ease the burden on the budget, Mathias Middelberg calls for citizens' benefit recipients to be allowed to do municipal work.

If you refuse, you don't get any money. It is not the first such proposal from the Union. Last year, Jens Spahn had already called for penalties for unwilling recipients.