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RTLZWEI Social Docs Trace New Bürgergeld Flashpoints on Debt, Sanctions and Pension Offsets

Recent episodes focus on how enforcement of benefit rules squeezes already stretched households.

Overview

  • In Mannheim, participant Pascal says he will not pay an iPad bill because he is in private insolvency after selling the device he received.
  • In Hamburg, Jessica’s undisclosed minijob led the Jobcenter to cut the couple’s payments by 20 percent, prompting tougher food budgeting.
  • In Rostock, Pamela reports her monthly support fell to 86 euros after a widow’s pension was offset, and she contests the calculation.
  • In Magdeburg, a young couple received a 1,862.72‑euro furniture loan from the Jobcenter yet say the amount still falls short.
  • RTLZWEI continues to broadcast new installments and stream them on RTL+, keeping these cases and the rules behind them in public view.