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The German government approved a law on Wednesday which stipulates that citizens of other EU member-states who have not worked in Germany will not be eligible to apply for full compensation for unemployment during the first five years of their stay in Germany, reported BTA, citing Associated Press.
The plan of Labour Minister Andrea Nahles has to be approved by Parliament in order to enter into force.
The new law will save local authorities billions of Euro. The need for the new law emerged after a federal court ruled in 2015 and 2016 that non-working citizens of EU member-states have the right to social benefits after a six-month stay in Germany. Before this judicial decision, citizens of other EU member-states did not have the right to such benefits.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s right-wing government is taking several measures in order to put an end to the series of defeats inflicted upon it by the anti-migrant party Alternative for Germany due to the growing disappointment with the flood of refugees and other migrants.
Representatives of the authorities explained that the change is aimed at guaranteeing that people arriving in Germany are actively looking for work instead of relying on benefits.
Bulgaria’s labor market remained stable in October, with the Employment Agency reporting a registered unemployment rate of 5.15 percent
Germany’s defense minister Boris Pistorius warned that Russia could regain enough military strength to target a NATO member state before 2029
The European Commission has revised its outlook for the Bulgarian economy, projecting a slowdown in growth over the next few years
Sudan has called on the European Union to suspend arms sales to the United Arab Emirates, warning that European-made weapons are reaching the country’s warzones
In April 2026, Bulgarian high school students will have the opportunity to spend a week in Brussels as part of the From Idea to Law - Youth Academy program
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has reaffirmed that the most efficient way to fund Ukraine is by using the profits from frozen Russian assets to back a new loan
Polish authorities are investigating what they describe as one of the most serious sabotage incidents on the country’s railway network in recent years
Cloudflare is working to resolve a major outage that briefly knocked out access to parts of the global internet, disrupting platforms such as X, Facebook, Spotify, Canva
Germany’s defense minister Boris Pistorius warned that Russia could regain enough military strength to target a NATO member state before 2029
Romania has ordered the evacuation of the border village of Plauru after a Russian drone strike on a Ukrainian port sparked a fire on a gas-carrying vessel nearby
Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk has described the recent explosion on a key railway route between Warsaw and Lublin as “an unprecedented act of sabotage aimed at the security of the Polish state and its citizens.”
The European Commission has temporarily halted the preliminary assessment of Bulgaria’s request for the third payment under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan
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