Germany’s parliamentary groups of the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Greens have agreed on a draft for a nationwide legal basis for the introduction of a payment card for refugees, the SPD, Greens and junior coalition partner the Free Democrats (FDP) said. The draft states that the payment card is a suitable means of preventing money payments to people smugglers, for example. Earlier, state leaders largely agreed on a new common standard to be introduced in summer, according to which Germany will provide at least some welfare benefits for asylum seekers on pre-loaded cards instead of cash. The…