Traffic light trouble because of payment cards: Union calls for an end to the government blockade. In the future, asylum seekers in Germany will no longer receive cash payments, but will instead receive credit debit card.

Pilot projects with a payment card are already running in several municipalities in Germany. Bavaria wants to launch its own map in four test communities at the beginning of March. The core of the debate revolves around the question of whether or not a change in the legal basis is necessary to implement the payment card.