and increases the standard unemployment benefit () of ALG II to a monthly 503 euros. It is one of the main projects of the social democrat, green, and liberal coalition under Olaf Scholz. Cultural impact Although the official term for long-term unemployment benefits is still Arbeitslosengeld II, most Germans, even news programmes and politicians in parliament, refer to it as Hartz IV. The term was voted German Word of the Year 2004 by the Society for the German Language. Earlier, in 2002, the term Ich-AG (another Hartz measure, see above) had been chosen as the German Un-Word of the Year by a jury of linguistic scholars. In 2010, a solitary activist pretending to be a movement, Bewegung Morgenlicht threatened and executed attacks in protest against government policy symbolized by Hartz IV. Meanwhile, Hartz IV has become a synonym for the class of non-working poor and is used as a prefix in multiple contexts (e.g. low-brow daytime television programmes are called "Hartz IV TV" by critics). See also Monday demonstrations, 2004 Working opportunities with additional expenses compensation Arbeitslosengeld II – Leistungen zum Lebensunterhalt, the German social services and unemployment software-system Universal Credit Inge Hannemann Unemployment benefits References External links Basic information about Hartz IV – in German Protest Website against Hartz IV – in German Self-help forum in German – it is possible to post in English Court order of Federal Constitutional Court case no 1 BvR 1523/08 in German Planned mootnesses of Federal Constitutional Court 2009 in German Court order of the Higher Social Court of the Federal State of Hesse case no 6 AS 336/07 in German Court order of Federal Constitutional Court case no 1 BvR 1517/08 in German Court order of Federal Constitutional Court case no 1 BvR 1840/07 in German Federal Constitutional Court – Press office – Press release no. 5/2009 of 9 February 2010 Judgment of 9 February 2010 – 1 BvL 1/09, 1 BvL 3/09, 1 BvL 4/09 – in English Federal Constitutional Court – Judgment of 9 February 2010 – 1 BvL 1/09, 1 BvL 3/09, 1 BvL 4/09 – in German Social programs Welfare in Germany Labor in Germany Reform in Germany 2002 establishments in Germany