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Hartz IV

Explained: Why are Hartz IV benefits so controversial in Germany?
JOBS

Explained: Why are Hartz IV benefits so controversial in Germany?

How the Greens co-leader wants to ditch Germany’s controversial benefits system Hartz IV
JOBS

How the Greens co-leader wants to ditch Germany’s controversial benefits system Hartz IV

The co-leader of the Green Party, Robert Habeck, has proposed an alternative to Germany’s controversial welfare benefits system, Hartz IV. Could it work?

Berlin mayor backs ‘basic income’ to tackle capital’s unemployment
JOBS

Berlin mayor backs ‘basic income’ to tackle capital’s unemployment

Almost 2 million children in Germany living in poverty
CHILDREN

Almost 2 million children in Germany living in poverty

POLITICS

‘No one in Germany would go hungry if food banks didn’t exist’

‘No one in Germany would go hungry if food banks didn’t exist’
CHILDREN

Over a third of single-parent families depend on welfare

Over a third of single-parent families depend on welfare
UNEMPLOYMENT

1 in 3 jobseekers ‘can’t afford enough food’

1 in 3 jobseekers ‘can’t afford enough food’
EMPLOYMENT

Germany can stop cash for jobless EU migrants

Germany can stop cash for jobless EU migrants
Germany closer to blocking EU citizens’ ‘welfare tourism’
BENEFITS

Germany closer to blocking EU citizens’ ‘welfare tourism’

Every third child in Berlin now dependent on welfare
POVERTY

Every third child in Berlin now dependent on welfare

Germany ‘to block EU citizens from welfare for 5 years’
EMPLOYMENT

Germany ‘to block EU citizens from welfare for 5 years’

POVERTY

Charity finds most Germans ever in poverty

Charity finds most Germans ever in poverty