The acting SPD leader Malu Dreyer has hinted how the issue of land rent could still lead to an agreement between the Union and the SPD. On Sunday, the leaders of the parties meet to negotiate a compromise on the controversial ongoing issue.
According to the coalition agreement, people who have worked for a long time should receive a supplement, so that their pension is ten percent above the basic security. It was also agreed that it will be checked beforehand if those affected are in need. The Union insists, but the SPD rejects this now. The most recent leaked out was that although the dispute "means test" dispensed with, but "the taxable income" of those affected for the calculation of the basic pension could be checked.
"An income test in terms of an allowance" could "be a good compromise," said Malu Dreyer now the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung".
She called for an early agreement in the dispute, as previously Federal Finance Minister Scholz (SPD): "People do not want to be ruled by people who argue for a long time, so it is now important that we agree," said Dreyer the newspaper ,
CDU leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer told the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung" that there were now "debatable and worthy proposals". Achievements must be "focused on those who need them". In order to do so, it would be necessary to establish 'the need', as is 'the case with other types of pensions such as the survivor's pension'.
Coalition leaders will not be able to hold tomorrow night until late at night, as several participants have meeting dates in the evening. Merkel participates in a dinner with Federal President and French President Emmanuel Macron at Schloss Bellevue, the official residence of the Federal President. The CSU leader and Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder must attend a coalition meeting in Munich.
