Germany's pension commission handed the government 33 recommendations for old-age security reform on Tuesday, June 23. Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants to push the proposals through in full, without picking out individual parts, while Labor Minister Bärbel Bas speaks of a coherent package. Der Standard ↗
The plan builds on proposals that had already sparked debate over the weekend. It envisages people working longer, paying higher contributions, and the statutory system being supplemented with a capital-funded component modeled on the Swedish system. The commission also proposes gradually linking the retirement age to life expectancy, abolishing the possibility of a pension without deductions after 45 years of insurance, and changes to mini-jobs. Tagesschau ↗
New reactions show that the reform is becoming a political conflict. Trade unions and social associations are particularly critical of the possible weakening of security for lower-income people and the risk of old-age poverty, especially in eastern Germany. Conversely, parts of the business community and coalition politicians describe the proposals as a necessary step. Alice Weidel of the AfD speaks of a burden for citizens, Brandenburg's state premier Dietmar Woidke is calling for all professional groups to be included in the system, and Berlin's mayor Kai Wegner is at the same time pushing for tax reform. Tagesspiegel ↗
Economist Marcel Fratzscher, president of the DIW, had already earlier called the proposals insufficient. In his view, they do not adequately address the imbalance in the statutory pension system. Further developments will depend on whether the coalition can keep the package together in the face of resistance from the opposition, trade unions, and part of the state-level politicians. Die Zeit ↗
Merz wants to push through Germany's pension reform as a whole
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Altersvorsorge: Weidel kritisiert „Zumutungen“ der Rentenkommission
Tagesspiegel
| 16:15 23.06.
Altersvorsorge: Weidel kritisiert «Zumutungen» der Rentenkommission
Die Zeit
| 16:14 23.06.
Bundesregierung: Wegner lobt Renten-Kompromiss – und drängt auf Steuerreform
Tagesspiegel
| 16:12 23.06.
Neuer Rentenfonds: Wie in Schweden: So soll die Rente der Zukunft funktionieren
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| 14:52 23.06.
„Wohlstand für die Jugend“: Merz wirbt bei den Bossen für Zuversicht und Optimismus
Tagesspiegel
| 14:21 23.06.
Merz will Rentenvorschläge der Kommission in einem Guss umsetzen
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| 13:50 23.06.
Kapitalrente nach schwedischem Modell: „Selbst bei einem Totalusfall wären nicht alle Renten weg“
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