Leben wie Gott in Frankreich? Mythen und Fakten zum Bürgergeld

In the organizer's words:

The people living on citizen's income are far too well off: at least that's what we keep hearing from political parties, the media and corporations. No claim is too cheap for populism in the debate about the citizen's income formerly known as Hartz IV: the rates are too high, too expensive for the state, and so on and so forth. But is it really the case that those affected are living the high life and have no interest or desire to go to work?

In an interview with Ulrich Schneider, Chief Executive of the German Parity Welfare Association from 1999 to 2024, we want to investigate the claims surrounding the citizen's income - and ask what can be done to combat the growing poverty in the country.

Ulrich Schneider is the author of the brochure "Our social hammock".

An event organized by the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung and the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung NRW in cooperation with the DGB - Stadtverband Düsseldorf, the Rosa-Luxemburg-Club Düsseldorf and Mosaik e.V.