The Paritätische Gesamtverband warns Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) against letting the planned basic child security fail.
“It would be reprehensible to play off the fight against child poverty against armaments,” said managing director Ulrich Schneider of the “Stuttgarter Zeitung” and the “Stuttgarter Nachrichten” with a view to demands for more military spending. “There is no getting around basic child security. And it’s the finance minister’s job to get the funds for it.”
It is planned to bundle services from child benefit to child allowance to financial support for school trips and leisure time. Many families have not yet applied for benefits – due to ignorance or bureaucratic hurdles. Families and their children should benefit from basic security from 2025. Family Minister Lisa Paus (Greens) has presented a concept whose implementation would cost around twelve billion euros.
Greens: Necessary money must be made available
The vice-chairman of the Greens parliamentary group, Andreas Audretsch, told the “Rheinische Post”: “International responsibility, climate protection and a good future for our children must not be played off against each other. We must therefore talk about savings by reducing climate-damaging subsidies and about possibilities for fair additional income speak.”
The SPD, Greens and FDP have made it their priority to create a good future for children. “Now the necessary money for basic child security must be made available.”
In the debate, the German District Association warned against a hasty decision and massive mistakes in the design. The President, District Administrator Reinhard Sager (CDU), told the editorial network Germany (RND): “If you don’t proceed carefully here, there is a risk that the number of responsible authorities will double for families, that the reform goal will be missed and, as is so often the case when it comes to social benefits, everything just gets more complicated again.”
