Payment card: SPD demands clarification about NRW course. SPD in the NRW state parliament is demanding clarification.
14 of 16 federal states agreed on a joint procurement process that should be completed by the summer. Bavaria and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania are going their own way, but also want to introduce a payment card. With the introduction of the payment card, asylum seekers will in future receive part of the state benefits as credit and no longer as cash.