Higher standard rates and fewer sanctions: the basic income is to replace the previous Hartz IV system at the turn of the year. For the CSU, however, the planned package has too many weaknesses and, according to party leader Söder, goes in the wrong direction.
CSU boss Markus Söder has sharply attacked the federal government because of the planned citizens’ allowance and the plans to relieve gas customers. The citizen money is a “wrong signal,” said the Bavarian Prime Minister on ZDF. It is a “complete reversal of the principle: those who work more must have more than those who do not work.”
In addition, it is “completely absurd” that despite the lack of workers “there could not even be the possibility of motivating someone to take a job”. When asked whether higher wages were needed instead, Söder replied that that was a matter for the collective bargaining parties.
According to the plans of the traffic light coalition, the basic income should replace the previous Hartz IV system at the turn of the year. Higher standard rates, fewer sanctions and significantly higher protective assets are planned. Citizens’ income is intended to ensure that those affected can secure their subsistence level while looking for a job. Citizens’ income is also an option for people whose income from work is not enough to cover their living expenses. You can get additional support. CDU General Secretary Mario Czaja had already said in the “Tagesspiegel” on Sunday that the CDU would “not be able to agree” to the citizens’ income in its current form.
Before the final report from the gas price commission planned for Monday, Söder again criticized that there was no relief for people who heated with heating oil or pellets. It is also not enough to only take on the down payment in December.
