Reductions in basic pensions: Married couples are at a disadvantage. Social associations have been criticizing annual income tests for a long time.
Criticism of the income test also comes from the German Social Association (VDV) The basic pension supplement is not set as a flat rate, but is determined individually by the pension insurance company after an examination of the insurance biography. There are allowances: up to a creditable income of currently 1,317 euros for single people and 2,055 euros for couples (in 2023)