# Agenda 2010 (2003)

URL: https://germany-history.com/timeline/2003-agenda-2010
Location: Berlin
Categories: main-event

In March 2003 Chancellor Gerhard Schröder announced Agenda 2010 reforms of the labour market and welfare. The Hartz reforms were controversial. Unemployment later fell sharply.

## Why it matters
It reshaped the German welfare state.

Ruler at the time: [Gerhard Schröder](https://germany-history.com/rulers/gerhard-schroder)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia – Agenda 2010](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agenda_2010)
- [Wikipedia – Hartz concept](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartz_concept)