The German government’s legislative proposal to replace the existing basic income program for job seekers with a more punitive program would harm human rights and risks breaching the German constitutional guarantee of a dignified standard of living, Human Rights Watch said today. The legislation will receive its second reading in the lower house of parliament in the coming days.

Human Rights Watch research has found that key aspects of the current German social security system are already failing to ensure the rights to social security and to an adequate standard of living, in particular for single parents, most of whom are women raising young children. The proposed changes to the social security system are likely to exacerbate these problems.

        • B0rax@feddit.orgEnglish
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          21 days ago

          We need to stop comparing things to the worst examples. It is not as good as others, never has been. And do we not want to be a wealthy country that has no problem caring for its people?