Eine Vorstufe zur Bedürftigkeitsprüfung?

The article disapprovingly discusses a German bill for a "Federal Subvention Law," which was put forward by financial specialists in the Christian Democratic faction of the Bundestag. The author sees the proposal as a first step toward an eventual needs test for social benefit recipients. The measure calls for a registry of such benefits and a written declaration of the subvention recipient's economic status and eligibility.