{"id":1334,"date":"2024-11-16T11:19:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T10:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nein-zur-bezahlkarte.de\/brandenburg-says-no-to-the-payment-card\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T07:45:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T05:45:12","slug":"brandenburg-says-no-to-the-payment-card","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nein-zur-bezahlkarte.de\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandenburg and Berlin say NO to the payment card!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">In April 2024, the German government decided to introduce the payment card throughout Germany. Instead of using a check, cash or a direct transfer to their own account, refugees are now forced to pay with a payment card. In Brandenburg, the payment card has already been implemented in the district of M\u00e4rkisch-Oderland. More and more districts and municipalities are also preparing to introduce the payment card.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">With this website we would like to create a platform to <strong>inform<\/strong> each other <strong>, exchange ideas<\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nein-zur-bezahlkarte.de\/en\/become-active\/\">active<\/a><\/strong> become active.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9b7bffa5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-section-1 has-accent-1-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-6f1b8819 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow is-style-section-1--1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Become active<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-b3933b06d8a9c04cff552415f604341c wp-block-paragraph\">Here you will find practical ways to take action against the payment card. <br\/><br\/><strong>Exchange credit from the payment card for cash<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size has-text-align-left has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/nein-zur-bezahlkarte.de\/en\/how-to\/\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:0px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">How To<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-section-1 has-accent-1-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-6f1b8819 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow is-style-section-1--2\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Info<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Here you will find information about the payment card, legal background and a historical classification. There are also useful links to other players, press reviews and background research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-large-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/nein-zur-bezahlkarte.de\/en\/information-about-the-payment-card\/\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">FAQs<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-large-font-size has-text-align-left has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/nein-zur-bezahlkarte.de\/en\/legal-matters\/\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Legal matters<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-large-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/nein-zur-bezahlkarte.de\/en\/authoritarian-tendencies\/\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Historical<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-large-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/nein-zur-bezahlkarte.de\/en\/link-collection\/\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Link collection<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-section-3 has-accent-1-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-6f1b8819 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow is-style-section-3--3\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Networking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Here you can write to us and share your experiences with the payment card on this website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-large-font-size has-text-align-left has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/nein-zur-bezahlkarte.de\/en\/testimonials\/\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Testimonials<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The payment card restricts people in their everyday lives and is discriminatory. It prevents the people concerned from having free access to their money and makes their lives unnecessarily difficult. The introduction is based on<strong> racist symbolic politics <\/strong>. This follows right-wing populist demands and violates human dignity.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of providing solutions, the payment card creates a system of <strong>control and monitoring<\/strong>. We and many others want to prevent precisely this and therefore say quite clearly: <strong>No to the harassment card!<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-border-color has-accent-1-border-color has-contrast-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-3f41c42d5afa225a11af7bc5db2642d8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-width:15px;border-radius:0px\">We demand bank accounts and cash for all! Enough money to live on, to spend it on whatever and without the authorities having access to it. <br\/><br\/>We demand the abolition of the discriminatory Asylum Seekers&#8217; Benefits Act and equal social rights for all!<br\/><br\/>We call on all of you to show solidarity with each other and let the racist symbolic politics come to nothing. Organize yourselves for voucher exchange campaigns and against the discriminatory and exclusionary system. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In April 2024, the German government decided to introduce the payment card throughout Germany. Instead of using a check, cash or a direct transfer to their own account, refugees are now forced to pay with a payment card. In Brandenburg, the payment card has already been implemented in the district of M\u00e4rkisch-Oderland. 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