Bürgergeld

The Bürgergeld is Germany's unemployment payment introduced on January 1, 2023, replacing the Arbeitslosengeld II (Hartz IV) system. It features a higher unemployment grant of €502 per month for adult jobseekers living alone, increasing to €563 in 2024, and allows beneficiaries to own up to €40,000 in personal wealth without deductions from their grant. The Bürgergeld also replaced the Sozialgeld benefit for people unable to work. The system was developed by the traffic light coalition and introduced in November 2022 after negotiations between the Bundestag and Bundesrat. As of June 2024, 5.5 million people received Bürgergeld, with 1.5 million deemed unfit for work and 47% of recipients not being German citizens.learn more on wikipedia