Federal Family Minister Karin Prien (CDU) is open to a review of the planned parental allowance reform, criticizes the finance minister's savings plans and emphasizes the need to take parents' needs more into account.
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Federal Family Minister Karin Prien (CDU) is re-examining the planned parental allowance reform after summer debates. The reform envisages reducing the maximum benefit period from 14 to 12 months and increasing the father's months, while the amounts are to increase slightly. The measure is part of the Ministry of Finance's austerity guidelines.
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The coalition will present a revised parental allowance model that provides for a less radical cut.
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The debate about the fuel discount and social cuts will continue to escalate in the coalition.
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Federal Family Minister Karin Prien wants to re-examine the planned parental allowance reform and was open to not implementing the reduction from 14 to twelve months. She emphasized that all options were being examined based on the budgetary situation and no specification had been made.

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