Balancing Social Protection and Fiscal Discipline: A Delicate Dance for Welfare States

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Balancing Social Protection and Fiscal Discipline: A Delicate Dance for Welfare States

Welfare states are often celebrated as the backbone of social progress—providing universal healthcare, free education, robust pensions, and unemployment insurance. Yet, behind this promise of equity and support lies a fiscal tightrope that many governments are struggling to walk. Today’s welfare states face a critical challenge: how to maintain generous social protection while keeping public […] The post Balancing Social Protection and Fiscal Di…

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As part of its campaign "JASOZIAL!" for the Bundestag election in Berlin on today's World Social Justice Day (20 February), the VdK Social Association symbolically called for a stable foundation for a strong social state with a concrete mixer. VdK President Verena Bentele sees the upcoming Bundestag election as a landmark decision for social policy development in the country and calls on the parties to make a clear commitment to a powerful socia…