Lindner rejects plan for child welfare
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner has rejected the original plans of Family Minister Lisa Paus for a Child Allowance. The government will only continue the Child Supplement and raise the Child Allowance - "that's what we'll be doing on the benefits side in this legislative period," Lindner told the newspapers of the Redaktionsnetzwerk Germany. There will be no new authority with perhaps 5000 employees with my party, emphasized the FDP chief.
Additionally, negotiations in the Bundestag are still ongoing regarding the so-called Children's Chance Portal, where it concerns an informational offering, Lindner emphasized. "Whether more coordination between the authorities is possible in this legislative period, that will show," he said.
Family Minister Paus sees her plans, despite Lindner's rejection, not yet as failed. The law is still in the parliamentary procedure, said she on Thursday evening in the ARD-Inforadios. The three coalition partners could not agree in the last plenary session, but the consultations continued. "Yes, it has not been passed yet, but we have the summer break to think about it, and then we can make it work," said Paus.
In the past months, there have been disputes within the German government about the introduction of the Child Allowance. Lindner criticizes the Green prestige project, especially plans for a new authority for implementation. Paus finally defended a phased introduction of the Child Allowance, which bundles several social benefits.
The heads of the traffic light coalition agreed on the framework for a common federal budget in the past week. Plans include a slight increase in child benefits. Questions about the future of the agreed-upon Child Allowance, which combines several social benefits for families and abolishes child benefits, were answered evasively by Lindner and Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD).
In response to Family Minister Lisa Paus' original plans for a Child Allowance, Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner expressed a rejection. During a pause in negotiations, Lindner highlighted that only the Child Supplement will be continued and the Child Allowance will be raised. Lindner, emphasizing his party's stance, declared there would be no new authority with thousands of employees.
