With the "citizen's allowance," the new government finally wants to overcome Hartz IV - and reform a system that has greatly increased the pressure on the unemployed.
It is still unclear: How much money will they get in the future and what sanctions will they have to fear?
In the vote-catching podcast, two people describe how they slipped into neediness - and what they now expect from the traffic light coalition.
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