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Germany to simplify welfare system
The Star
|January 28, 2026
GERMANY plans major reforms to simplify its welfare system, according to a report seen by AFP yesterday, though the government insisted that benefits would not be slashed.
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The EU’s most populous country is notorious for its jungle of rules and regulations, and conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz has vowed to slay the “bureaucracy monster”.
This story is from the January 28, 2026 edition of The Star.
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