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Asylum and residency laws have been changed more frequently in the space of just a few years than almost any other area of legislation in Germany. Since 2015, the Residence Act alone has undergone 40 amendments, some of them with extensive changes....

The EU Commission accepted the proposal of the SHARE-COVID research project to investigate the health, behavioural, social and economic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Becker, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, positively evaluates the welfare state in the BR-Podcast „B5 Extra Coronavirus - Wege aus der Krise“ of 7 August 2020. In the interview with Christine...

Policy makers may consult public opinion when rethinking social security. Factors that influence public opinion usually go beyond personal interests and values, however. It is frequently argued that public institutions indirectly influence the...