2024-01-30 09:18:27
Germany traffic light criticism
“We will no longer be able to afford a lot of things,” says the President of the Federal Social Court
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The President of the Federal Social Court, Rainer Schlegel
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Rainer Schlegel fears that the “turning point” will also have consequences for Germany’s welfare state. The President of the Federal Social Court sees a great need for savings and names things that the traffic light coalition urgently needs to change – for example, an abolition of mini-jobs is conceivable.
The President of the Federal Social Court, Rainer Schlegel, considers basic child welfare to be “unsuitable” for helping families. Their difficulties “cannot be solved by a new authority and even more interfaces,” Schlegel told the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”.
He does not see the reform project as being in good hands with Family Minister Lisa Paus (Greens); it belongs in the hands of Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD). Schlegel would also like Heil to take stricter action once morest those who take advantage of citizens’ money and do not cooperate with the job centers. “How we deal with this group is crucial to whether the entire system is accepted by the general population.” The sanction options that the Federal Constitutional Court allows are not exhausted with a two-month withdrawal of benefits for total refusers.
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From the perspective of the highest social judge, the government would also have to draw conclusions from the “turning point” proclaimed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD). “Russia’s attack also means a turning point for the welfare state,” warns Schlegel. The traffic lights pretend to have everything under control. “But we will no longer be able to afford a lot of things,” warns the court president.
Mini-jobs should be questioned
Schlegel sees savings potential in the welfare state, for example, in reducing the strong subsidies for part-time work. Many labor market policy measures came from times of high unemployment. “Even marginal employment, the so-called mini-jobs, are an anachronism. They should be abolished,” said Schlegel. Marginal employment is very popular. “But it is not socially fair because it imposes costs on the general public, at the latest in terms of old-age security.”
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Schlegel continued: “I also think other incentives for part-time employment are misguided, such as non-contributory co-insurance for spouses in the health insurance company. We should also think regarding converting the spouse splitting into a family splitting.”
This would make marginal employment less attractive. Politicians should finally take note of the changed realities in the world of work and draw the necessary conclusions from them, demands the court president.
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