Overview

• An official ministry spokesman confirmed the statutory calculation produces no change to standard rates from 1 January 2026.
• Single adults would continue to receive 563 euros per month and children 357 to 471 euros depending on age, affecting roughly 5.5 to 5.6 million recipients.
• The cabinet is expected to consider the ordinance on 10 September, a step that would not require Bundestag approval, according to media reports.
• Labour Minister Bärbel Bas announced tougher penalties for missed appointments, saying benefits would be cut more sharply for those who fail to cooperate.
• Payments to asylum seekers are reported to rise by 14 euros to 455 euros per month in 2026, and the coalition plans to revise the rate-setting method using a Warenkorb analysis by the Federal Statistical Office.