{
  "id": 13893918,
  "title": "Long-term unemployment: 1.4 million jobless people have been receiving citizen's allowance for at least five years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/langzeitarbeitslosigkeit-1-4-millionen-arbeitslose-seit-mindestens",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-12T06:12:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/langzeitarbeitslosigkeit-14-millionen-arbeitslose-seit-mindestens-fuenf-jahren-im-buergergeld/100261445.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Around 1.4 million people in Germany have been receiving basic income support for at least five years, accounting for about two-fifths of those receiving state support. Berlin and Bremen have the highest proportion of long-term recipients, with 45% and 43% respectively, according to data from the Federal Employment Agency. The number of long-term unemployed in Germany had fallen to 700,000 by 2019 but rose to over 1 million in 2025. The government has introduced stricter rules for basic income support, including cuts for those who do not cooperate.",
  "summary": "Figures from the Federal Employment Agency illustrate who among the \"able-bodied\" people has been relying on assistance for many years. What could help is partially controversial.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}