More than half of respondents answered that they considered the new citizen's benefit, which is intended to replace unemployment benefit II (Hartz IV), to be bad. In contrast, 35 percent of respondents rated the new citizen's benefit as good.
The citizen's benefit was passed by the German Bundestag in November 2022 as one of the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) major election campaign promises, but was defeated by the Christian Democratic Union/ Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU)-led federal states in the German Bundesrat. The bill was passed in December 2022 after alterations concerning stricter sanctions if job offers are rejected by beneficiaries.
This question was asked in the survey with the following wording: "The federal government is planning to replace Hartz IV with the so-called citizen's benefit next year. For existing Hartz IV recipients, there will be higher benefits and less strict requirements for receiving the benefit, especially in the initial period. All in all, do you think this new citizen's benefit is...
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ZDF Politbarometer. (November 10, 2022). How do you find the new citizen's benefit? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1468728/evaluation-new-citizen-s-benefit-germany/
ZDF Politbarometer. "How do you find the new citizen's benefit?." Chart. November 10, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1468728/evaluation-new-citizen-s-benefit-germany/
ZDF Politbarometer. (2022). How do you find the new citizen's benefit?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1468728/evaluation-new-citizen-s-benefit-germany/
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