“It was a mistake to introduce a pension at 63’: President of the Social Court judges the welfare state. Economists are calling for early retirement to be abolished.
In recent years, no party has argued that we need to save on social spending. Maybe that would have been successful. But after all, decision-makers in this country are dependent on the voters' “Politics is often done out of fear of the voter”: Rainer Schlegel, 66. “It would take a bold move by lawmakers to end retirement at 63. But it would be very important”