Did Germany forget the self-employed during the Crown crisis?



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The latest changes to Corona aid in Germany are also aimed at the self-employed. But they react disappointed again. Right?

In spring, salon owners like Alex Torreto here in Frankfurt also had to close their business.  They are exempt from the current partial lockdown.

In spring, salon owners like Alex Torreto here in Frankfurt had to close their business. They are exempt from the current partial lockdown.

Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters

“Too little, too late and badly thought”: The verdict of the Association of Founders and Self-Employed of Germany (VGSD) on one of these days announced by the state “restart aid” for freelancers is devastating. It’s one of a long series of lawsuits: German freelancers, from restaurant owners to freelance performers to artists, have been complaining since the start of the Corona crisis that they have been particularly hard hit and that the state has let them down. . Is the idea behind this that you have to complain out loud to secure support, or have the freelancers been forgotten? Even economists disagree with the answer to this question.

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