Tag: pension
Retirement reform: cross-party momentum grows for linking pension age to work history
(de-news.net) – Chancellery Minister Thorsten Frei (CDU) has expressed support for a policy approach that would more closely link the statutory retirement age to the…
Comprehensive pension package adopted – and approved in the Bundesrat
(de-news.net) – The government’s comprehensive pension package, having first secured approval in the Bundestag and subsequently in the Bundesrat, is now set to take effect…
Pension reform: Rürup warns of limits as Klüssendorf suggests comprehensive social tiering
(de-news.net) – Bert Rürup, a prominent pension specialist and former head of Germany’s Council of Economic Experts, has sought to temper public expectations regarding the…
Commission on long‑term stability of national pension system established
(de-news.net) – A commission has been convened by the federal cabinet with the explicit mandate to examine prospective reforms to the national pension system. The…
Bas (SPD) urges comprehensive pension overhaul beyond current package
(de-news.net) – Labor Minister Bärbel Bas (SPD) has affirmed that, despite the government’s recent adoption of the pension package, a far more comprehensive structural reform…
Pension law introduced by the government passed with an absolute majority (Update)
(de-news.net) – The Bundestag has formally approved the Federal Government’s highly contested pension package, achieving what is referred to as a chancellor’s majority. In the…
Coalition committee confirms pension package despite internal criticism
(de-news.net) – Despite objections from the Union Bundestag faction’s Young Group, the coalition committee has declared its determination to maintain the current pension scheme. Chancellor…
Economists urge halt to German pension package, but CDU and SPD speak out against
(de-news.net) – Twenty-one eminent economists and academics from diverse fields have urged the German government to abandon its proposed pension package, according to reports in…
