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Berlin (dpa) - A reform of the Hartz IV system proposed by Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil is rejected by the parliamentary group of CDU and CSU in the Bundestag.

"Should the situation require that the corona-related special regulations have to be extended, we as a Union are ready to talk," said the labor market and social policy spokesman for the Union parliamentary group, Peter Weiß, on Sunday at the German Press Agency in Berlin.

"However, we continue to stand by the principle of" support and demand "and also reject an extension of these special regulations."

The FDP in the Bundestag also rejected the proposal.

"The waiver of sanctions and the increase in benefits are the introduction of the unconditional basic income through the back door," said the social policy spokesman for the group, Pascal Kober.

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A draft law by the SPD Minister Heil that became known on Saturday provides that there should be easier access to basic security in the Corona crisis on a permanent basis.

During the crisis, the job center's test of housing and assets is suspended - namely, how big the apartment is and whether they have savings of up to 60,000 euros.

According to the draft, assets should be protected up to the specified amount during a waiting period of two years and rental costs should not be checked for their appropriateness - in other words: You should be able to get Hartz IV even if you have a larger apartment and 60,000 euros and should not have to fear that something is taken into account.

Weiß emphasized: “A creeping introduction of an unconditional basic income is not possible with us.

Because this devalues ​​work and the placement in work is largely less attractive. "

The model of an unconditional basic income provides that every citizen receives state support.

This is not provided for in the healing draft.

With his remarks, Weiss criticized Heils plans as turning away from the previous system of basic security to such an extent that it would go in the direction of such a basic income.

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