Higher pensions in Germany: Experts recommend a “real alternative’ to combat poverty in old age. In 2022, Germans paid more than one billion euros in voluntary special contributions to the statutory pension fund for the first time.
The idea is to make special payments that have been possible since 2017 in order to compensate for deductions that occur when you retire earlier, i.e. deductions from the accumulated pension points and thus from the money. Anyone who voluntarily pays in more and continues to work until the regular retirement age will receive a higher statutory pension.