“Abolish the pension at 63!”: economist makes demands clear. Politicians are increasingly realizing that the Pension at 63 must be a phased-out model.
Early retirement makes it more difficult to finance the statutory pension insurance in the long term. FDP wants to abolish pensions at 63, Labor and Social Affairs Minister Hubertus Heil said in January that early retirement would not be abolished under him. The coalition partner FDP has taken a completely different position and is calling for an abolition.