Family Minister Paus wants to create 5,000 new jobs to implement her social reform. Critics ask why exactly this should be the right way.

Other points also remain unclear. Basic child welfare is considered the Greens’ prestige social policy project. Chancellor Olaf Scholz continues to support the billion-dollar project with which the government wants to reach up to 5.6 million children. The number that is now being debated is not new. It was already part of the cabinet decision last September - which the FDP also supported.