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Commission wants to discuss retirement from age 70: The pension commission will meet on February 23. Among other things, they will discuss raising the retirement ...
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Pension reform: DGB commission calls for an increase in pension levels: Pension level at 53 percent, guaranteed pension without deductions – | that's what ...
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"There is a lack of courage and consistency": DIW President Fratzscher Criticizes the Pension Commission's Plans
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Key FactsCalls for Bolder Pension Reform Proposals
Jun 21, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: welt.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: welt.de
- Marcel Fratzscher criticizes the pension commission’s proposals as too cautious and lacking fundamental solutions to poverty, fairness, and youth burden.
- He demands improvements focused on enhancing the basic pension and accounting more for high incomes and assets in old age.
- The commission suggests linking retirement age to life expectancy and expanding mandatory pension contributions to self-employed, officials, and parliamentarians.
- Further recommendations include a funded supplementary pension and ending early retirement at 63 and pension-free mini-jobs.
The reform proposals lack courage and resolve, because they do not fundamentally change the three biggest problems for the foreseeable future.— Marcel Fratzscher, president of the DIW, in an interview with the Rheinische Post about the pension commission.
Pension Commission Advocates for Retirement at Age 70: According to a report in the “Bild” newspaper, the expert commission on reforming the statutory pension ...
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Key FactsPension Commission Denies Reported Decisions
May 21, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
- A report suggesting a gradual increase of the retirement age to 70 was firmly denied by the pension commission.
- Members highlight strict confidentiality and confirm no decisions have been made on the discussed topics so far.
- The commission includes ten experts and members from the three coalition parties, still divided on several reform proposals.
- Debates cover pension levels, early retirement at 63, maternity benefits, and whether civil servants should join the pension system.
I think it's right for our generation to work until age 70 in the 2050s.— Deputy Leader of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group Sepp Müller (CDU), during ntv's Frühstart; the politician is 37 years old. Context: discussion on pension reform and the Rentenkommission.
Economist Hüther: Retirement at 70 possibly unnecessary / IW Director: | "If life expectancy doesn't increase,...
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OpinionRetirement at 70 and workload: An attack on the body: The pension commission wants to discuss retirement at 70. Many will not be able to manage it and could ...
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Commission wants to discuss retirement from age 70: The pension commission will meet on February 23. Among other things, they will discuss raising the retirement ...
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Retirement at 70 is getting closer: Merz government wants to gradually raise the retirement age - | these birth years are affected
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New calculation shows which birth years would have to work until 70 for the first time.
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Retirement from age 70: It becomes critical for these birth years: Die Rentenkommission der Bundesregierung bereitet ein Treffen vor, bei dem eine mögliche ...
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Resistance to retirement at 70: "Older people are the first to be laid off in crises" - | but there are alternatives
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Dispute over retirement from 70: Life expectancy no longer rising as quickly: A new study shows: Life expectancy is rising more slowly, retirement from 70 could ...
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Retirement at 70: Labor Minister Bas presents concrete plans – “Don't want to rule out any proposals”
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