Seems more lenient than the UK. Here you have to do those things just to earn income support. You are also forced to apply for jobs, even if they don't necessarily suit your skills or experience.
You also have to do this kind of stuff to get unemployment benefits, though that's usually more than the "minimum-security" (which is around 800€ a month), but only lasts for a maximum of 78 weeks (that's the exception, normally it's over after 20-50 weeks.)
You can't be forced to do work though, like you described the "voluntary" or council work, though its implementation has been the subject of debate.
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