PRESS RELEASE Berlin, 13 August 2009
Alliance calls for a moratorium on Hartz-IV-sanctions!
Today Thursday, a coalition of political, academic and non-acquisition initiatives calling for the suspension of the Hartz-IV-sanctions presented, which differed from well-known of more than a hundred people and organizations for society groups has been signed.
The call was written by jur Tacheles eV (Wuppertal), Prof. Dr.. Helga Spindler (University of Duisburg-Essen), Prof. Dr. Franz Segbers (University of Marburg), Prof. Dr. Claus Offe (Hertie School of Governance), Prof. Dr. Stephan Lessenich (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena), Markus Kurth MP (Alliance 90/The Greens), Katja Kipping Member of Parliament (The Left), Jürgen Habich (Federal Association precarious situation - eV against income poverty and exclusion), Social Democratic Party (Bundesvorsit-collapsing of the Young Socialists), Prof. Dr. Klaus Dörre (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena) and the AG sanctions of the Berlin campaign against Hartz IV
In 2008 there were 789 000 unemployed persons affected by sanctions, that their exis-tenzminimum reduced or even deleted was. In many cases this was arbitrary and illegal. The initiator / inside of the call hold, given the high number of successful contradiction (41.7%) and complaints (65.3%) and the catastrophic situation in the Personalsi-job centers as well as in light of the economic crisis, immediate-term Stop the current sanctions practice and fresh thinking about the penalty schemes for urgently needed.
The condition that thousands of which will be removed to the necessities of life is unacceptable. This has brought together the parties in the alliance - all political differences notwithstanding. When it comes to penalties ranging attitudes of the Alliance members from the idea that money cuts for behavioral guidance for acquisition-less, to some extent are legitimate, but by no means at current levels, to call for a general abolition of sanctions, not least from a fundamental viewpoint. What unites the members of the alliance, is the conviction that, given the current conditions in the job centers of the enforcement of sanctions should be immediately stopped.
At the press conference, explained some alliance members, why they are fighting for a penalty moratorium. Markus Kurth said: "The sanctions in Book II are currently not effective, but are affected by the harassment as he lives. Therefore, they must now be exposed. Objectionable are not errors, but also the detention but on a manifest error of the Hartz IV legislation Katja Kipping stated: ". An immediate penalty moratorium, I see it as a first step in the right direction - namely in the direction of a basic right compliant Design social security systems. . I am dedicated to the imme-ge abolition of the penalty clause 31 "Social Democratic Party said:" Ar-unemployment has many causes and can not be removed by pressure and repression. Sanctions are not an acceptable remedy. . You get worse, only the situation for those affected, "Frank Hunter of unemployment and social welfare association Tacheles eV reported from consulting practice". Sanctions break in upon the unemployed as a catastrophe, "Jürgen Habich said:" The instruments make-sanctions the authorities of a single job, but fuel the fear and the helplessness of the beneficiaries and therefore an exchange are working against rather "the sociologist Klaus Dörre stated:". A penalty moratorium is a first, in fact overdue step to alleviate the hardships of the new labor market regime, "Helga Spindler said:". Why en Gagi- I am a social lawyer for a moratorium on sanctions, with which I could live a long time? . The hasty reorganization of the employment service has triggered a still not mastered chaos, are the rights and design options of the unemployed gradually degraded "
Franz Segbers, theologian and pastor, argued:" From an ethical Vision is preceded by the human right to life of any obligation to return. . Leistungskür tongue, by which a basic allowance is pushed below the threshold of subsistence, are contrary to human dignity, "the sociologist Stephen
Lessenich said:" A penalty moratorium would be a first step towards a welfare state that would make his name by . not its citizens with suspicion and coercion, but rather with confidence and companies met support "
Among the first signatories / inside of the call include the chairman of the Joint Welfare Association - General Association eV Heidi Merk and its predecessor, Bar-bara Stolterfoht, the ver.di leader Frank Bsirske, the cabaret artist Dieter Hilde-brandt, the national chairman of the Catholic Workers Movement Germany Birgit Zenker, president of the PEN Center Germany Johano Strasser, director of the diaconal work of Berlin-Brandenburg Silesian Upper Lusatia Su-sanne Kahl Passoth, the national chair of the Association NEN democratic lawyer and jurist Dieter Hummel, the artist ANTOINETTE, the musician Sebastian Krumbiegel (PRINCE), the Federal Youth AWO eV, the sociologist Gisela Notz, conflict and violence researcher Wilhelm Heitmeyer, journalist Günter Wallraff well-known politicians from four parties.
the complete call, the list of initial signatories travelers, opinions of the individual alliance members and contact information, see:
www.sanktionsmoratorium.de
Responsible: Claudia Daseking, Grunewaldstr. 91, 10823 Berlin
(For additional information contact: 030 - 78 89 19 92, mobile: 0172 - 3 81 81 53)
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