Controversy in Germany around minimum aid for the unemployed. The Bürgergeld, the equivalent of the RSA, the flagship measure of the Scholz government, further fractures the coalition.
The liberals criticize a system which does not encourage enough work. “The citizen's income is not an unconditional basic income,” declared the liberal leader, as a warning to his partners in coalition (SPD and Greens). “ It provides reliable protection to people who lose their jobs or are going through a crisis, ” summarized the Minister of Labor, Hubertus.