Speech by Dr . Ursula von der Leyen for the recalculation of Hartz 4
Berlin. 30. September 2010 (red / and). Speech Service / - The recalculation of Hartz 4, the Federal Minister of Labour Social and held Dr. Ursula von der Leyen following speech:
Speech by Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Dr. Ursula von der Leyen, at the current session to recalculate the Hartz-IV-rule sets before the German Bundestag, 29th September 2010 in Berlin:
"Mr. President!
Ladies and gentlemen,
The draft law on the new rule sets is available. This topical now is the hour of the Parliament. Occasion, the Hartz laws, the red-green designed seven years ago, at that time supported by the Union. I now say quite clearly: the merging of unemployment benefits and social assistance, so the idea of \u200b\u200bmobilizing people and no one to write to state dependence was right then, and it is now too.
The Federal Constitutional Court has written to us but in February pedigree, that legislation was then hurried to and in part - was appreciated, "the blue" - O-Ton of the Federal Constitutional Court. This has criticized the Federal Constitutional Court. We have just made to their specifications in the last seven months of hard work, detailed calculations, raw data and decision making. In recent days I have heard from the opposition - literally -: haggling, wheeling and dealing going, gemauschelt and tricks. All I can say is: wait a minute! Perhaps you should not of itself others close. - You have done perhaps 2003rd
But we will submit comprehensive calculations. All decision-making are presented. I think we should discuss on this now factual data base with each other.
The rule sets are the consumption patterns of households in the bottom fifth of income derived. Which was introduced by red-green 2003 is and has been explicitly confirmed by the Constitutional Court. That's what we did. Additionally, the legislature - and I stress it must - make value judgments, logical and appropriate reasons, which positions are a living wage or not. We have the decisions to explain both sides: We have to explain to those who received € 364 monthly rent plus a living by Hartz IV and must turn over every cent. But we must explain exactly where to draw that and turn over every cent must also. Both sides have a right to reasonable decisions.
to the wishful thinking that I have heard in recent days by the left: 500 € a month plus monthly rent for each. How do you get on that amount? If you follow the guidelines of the Federal Constitutional Court judge and establish the Federal Statistical Office based, you do not come anywhere near that amount, even if you gamble Alcohol, cigarettes, illegal drugs, package holidays or flights reckons. The judges have applied to law to make the rule sets transparent. We have followed this commandment. Everyone who is now higher demands, these claims must be justified by the criteria of the Federal Constitutional Court, in the detail. Moreover, they would attract even more with your claim for 500 euros a month plus living expenses monthly rent at a stroke two million people in the system of passive power. A policy that focuses on enhancing the function of the state and to perpetuate passivity is powerless and must fail. Hartz IV may not be permanent. The promise that have job-seekers and the community, where as a pact for the plight in the hands apply, must continue.
Joschka Fischer said in 2004 with the introduction of the Hartz laws, which strictly follow this principle - and I quote -:
"The fears of the people I take very seriously. But we refute them. Hartz IV will not cause mass impoverishment, but also offer upon receipt of a basic social protection more opportunities for access to the labor market. "
He has the task to which we must continue to work hard, accurately described. The OECD has given us this week written to the root directory, that the rule sets to are low, but the incentives to enter the labor market. The note we have to. A responsible social policy promotes not just the dependence on men, but it promotes the opportunities to become independent. It is the policy that we want to pursue.
It's not just to protect their existence. Money alone is not a panacea against exclusion and helplessness. It is also important that confidence is not lost of people to the opportunities for advancement in society. This is the educational package is a clear sign. There are 620 million euros provided in addition, not as cash but as an educational service to the children of the start in life succeed, regardless of whether their parents are working or not, so they'll be successful so that they know: You can do something. You are needed. You have a future, regardless of Hartz IV
I know that the task we set ourselves with the education package, a logistical nightmare has. Many have to address: first of the federal government, but also in the countries and communities in the clubs, associations and civil society. But these efforts, we should expect more of us. This is a win for the children. That is what holds our society. Here it is worth using, here it is worth the trouble to actually bring about a paradigm shift.
The economy jumps again. The company received more orders and search labor, and that is no longer just among high-skilled. Now open - which has long been not the case - the doors for those whose access to the labor market has been closed. That is, now it's time for a policy that trusts the people something that takes them seriously and creates the Future. We invest with the current bill in children, so they come out of the cycle of inherited poverty. We invest in bridges in the labor market, such as the civil work. We invest in the tailored intervention of the Job Center. We invest in the support of single parents who want to work. We invest in more efficient labor market instruments.
We have two big reforms before us: first, the Job Center Reform, which is already enshrined in law, but still needs to be implemented, and second, the reform of the rule sets and the education package. I note: the biggest supporters of it is enough - I am every day of infinitely many surrounded - but I invite all those who can think beyond the present one, even once think about how to join us in the discretion, the possibility which gives us can use. "
