The three parties in Germany's coalition government don't see eye to eye on several key policy issues, including the "Basic Child Security" plan to combat child poverty. What does it entail?
The three parties in Germany's coalition government don't see eye to eye on several key policy issues, including the "Basic Child Security" plan to combat child poverty. What does it entail?
At the end of January, the Bertelsmann Foundation published its factsheet on child and youth poverty in Germany. According to this report, 2.88 million children under the age of 18 and 1.55 million young adults under the age of 25 were considered poor or "at risk of poverty" in 2021. This means that more than one in five children and one in four young adults are affected by poverty. Young adults have the highest risk of poverty of all age groups.
Germany is currently experiencing a wave of COVID 19 deaths and other severe respiratory illnesses pushing the country’s children’s hospitals to the brink of collapse. In mid-December the German parliament decided it was better to spend taxpayers’ money on procuring nuclear bombers.
A wave of infections in Germany is pushing hospitals and their staff to the limit. In addition to the strain of the coronavirus pandemic, now in its third year, seasonal sickness from influenza and RSV have increased the burden on health care.