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Moritz
Rüppel

Position
E-Mail
rueppel@zentrum-neue-sozialpolitik.org
Telephone
+4930351227-56

Moritz Rüppel heads the Sustainable Welfare State division.

His work focuses on the political and strategic orientation of the department, proactively setting the agenda for the topics it addresses, and transferring research findings to the parliamentary and pre-political arena. Moritz also represents the department in dealings with political actors. Before joining the ZSP as a policy analyst in 2021, Moritz worked as a research assistant in the German Bundestag.

Question
01

Which social policy decision in recent years has affected you the most, positively or negatively?

Unfortunately, it is rather the lack of socio-political decisions that is having an impact: we see a need for reform in so many areas of the social system, and yet so little is happening. Labor market policy is taking a step backwards, the important issue of basic child support has stalled, and genuine pension reform has been postponed for far too long. We urgently need courageous decisions that empower people to take responsibility for themselves and relieve the burden on bloated and poorly coordinated benefit systems.

Question
02

If you could implement a social policy concept immediately, what would it be?

Our proposal for start-up capital addresses a key issue: in order to avoid always reacting to social policy issues and playing catch-up, we must enable people to build wealth on their own. The promise that hard work pays off, which is central to social cohesion, must be revived. Labor market policy adjustments are no longer sufficient to achieve this; we must address the development of inequalities at an earlier stage—in childhood.

Question
03

Which cliché about politics would you like to dispel?

That political decisions are made based on evidence.

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