Mr Westerwelle recently tapped into popular resentment against Hartz IV beneficiaries by complaining that in Germany “there seem to be only people who get tax money but no one who earns it.

威斯特维勒日前就因为其针对哈茨四号方案的受益人的一句话激起了民愤，他抱怨说：能分到税款的人虽多，但好像没有一个人配拿这个钱。

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If Hartz IV succeeds, Germany will have taken a big step towards helping its army of long-term unemployed off the dole and into work.

ECONOMIST: A new and controversial law takes effect this weekend

The Hartz IV reform tackles Germany's chronic unemployment problem, cutting the link between the benefits paid to the long-term unemployed and their earnings in their last job.

ECONOMIST: Ersatz Europeans