Deputy Green parliamentary group chairwoman Misbah Khan has urged Federal Minister of Family Affairs Karin Prien of the CDU to issue a clear rejection regarding the planned restrictions on the state maintenance advance. Khan told the Rheinischen Post that the reform of the maintenance advance will place single parents in a worse position. She stated that instead of consistently collecting unpaid maintenance payments from the obligated parties, the financial responsibility will once again be shifted onto those who already bear the main burden. She described this policy as unfair. Prien had previously explained that single parents earning more than 40,000 euros per year could no longer expect the state to step in with maintenance advance if the other parent does not pay. This is what a draft bill from the Ministry of Family Affairs proposes, which has entered internal government coordination. Khan reacted sharply to the plans. She warned that the new income limit will force countless single parents to question whether working more is financially worth it or if they are better off falling below the income limit. According to the Green politician, an estimate of over 100,000 single parents would be affected. These types of labor market policy disincentives are fatal given the current economic situation.
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