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A person completes a digital unemployment application on a laptop at home instead of filling out paper forms for the German Arbeitsagentur.

Social Security & Welfare

Cabinet Backs Digital Jobcenter Law

Germany's digital jobcenter law makes unemployment registration and ALG I digital by default. What changes for expats.

July 21, 2026

A quiet public office waiting area with rows of empty chairs and a service counter.

Social Security & Welfare

Grundsicherung Reform Replaces Buergergeld

The Grundsicherung reform replaces Buergergeld on July 1 with day-one asset checks and harder sanctions for claimants.

July 10, 2026