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Klingbeil Backs Bürgergeld Sanction Overhaul as SPD Base Pushes Membership Petition

The petition opposing tougher penalties now has the minimum signatures and could move to a binding vote if 20 percent of members endorse it within three months.

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Lars Klingbeil
SPD-Generalsekretär Klüssendorf hat die Reformpläne der Bundesregierung beim Bürgergeld gegen Kritik von der eigenen Parteibasis verteidigt. "Die Debatte um die Modernisierung und Stärkung unseres Sozialstaates ist dringend notwendig", sagte er.
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Overview

  • Lars Klingbeil said he stands 100 percent behind the government’s reform and called the petition from party members the wrong signal.
  • Organizers submitted at least 4,000 signatures in Berlin to launch the petition, with Juso leader Philipp Türmer and former Juso head Franziska Drohsel among the initiators.
  • The coalition plan would tighten penalties for refusals and no-shows, including a 30 percent cut after a second missed appointment and a full suspension after a third.
  • The CDU–SPD coalition agreed the measures in early October, and Chancellor Friedrich Merz has targeted implementation by spring 2026.
  • Under SPD rules, the party board can table a counterproposal, and a binding members’ decision is possible if the petition clears the support threshold.