Traffic light dispute over payment card escalates: Rhine demands Chancellor's power - FDP threatens break. 14 of 16 federal states have agreed on a joint procurement process to introduce a payment card for asylum seekers.
Greens see no need for payment cards; Greens see need for introduction in Hamburg and Bavaria in two weeks. Habeck party, on the other hand, considers the existing legal options in the Bundestag to be sufficient. The payment card is an important step “to reduce incentives for irregular migration, prevent misuse of asylum benefits and combat smugglers’