German Finance Minister Christian Lindner is proposing significant budget cuts, focusing on reducing state expenditures for housing and heating for citizens receiving social benefits.

Lindner suggests a new legal status for Ukrainian refugees to lower costs and integrate more recipients into the workforce.

He envisions a blend of asylum seeker benefits with labor market tools, arguing that Ukrainians should not automatically receive full social benefits without working.

Additionally, Lindner proposes a fundamental restructuring of the social benefit system, advocating for a flat-rate reimbursement for housing costs instead of covering actual expenses.

This approach, he believes, could save billions of euros, allowing recipients to make more economical housing and heating choices.