Tag: pension
Pension reform draws mounting pressure from CDU/CSU, SPD – but also trade unions
(de-news.net) – Germany’s planned phaseout of the “pension at 63” is facing growing resistance from within the governing coalition, trade unions, and several state premiers….
Merz defends pension reform despite political resistance
(de-news.net) – Despite opposition from state premiers, Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) is defending plans to terminate Germany’s deduction-free early retirement for workers with 45 years…
Linnemann wants to preserve pension credits for family caregivers, pushes tougher response to hospital assaults
(de-news.net) – Carsten Linnemann (CDU), the new German Health Minister, is attempting to stop proposed reductions in pension credits for family caregivers, claiming that their…
Pension reform debate intensifies with trade unions resisting change
(de-news.net) – Instead of an Austrian-style occupational model, the Pension Commission favors targeted hardship provisions allowing earlier retirement when physical limitations prevent workers from continuing…
Economist urges government to preserve full pension reform package
(de-news.net) – Economist Martin Werding is pressing Germany’s government to implement its pension reform as an integrated package, while advocating changes to civil-service pensions and…
Frei and Laumann defend comprehensive pension reform package
(de-news.net) – The Union parties’ parliamentary leader Thorsten Frei and North Rhine-Westphalia Labor Minister Karl-Josef Laumann defended Germany’s proposed pension reform as an indivisible package,…
Commission defends integrated pension reform against opposition
(de-news.net) – Germany’s proposed pension reform has triggered renewed political divisions over abolishing the pension at 64.5, with Pension Commission members warning that removing individual…
Germany’s pension reform plans disputed over retirement at 64.5
(de-news.net) – Germany’s proposed pension reform has triggered a widening political dispute over plans to abolish retirement without deductions after 45 years of contributions. While…
