Zero round for pension increases: pension cuts leave “millions out in the cold”... As of: March 2, 2024, 5:54 a.m CommentsPressSplit Criticism of an economist's controversial pension proposal is coming from all sides.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) strongly rejected the economist's savings proposal for pensions. The German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB) accused the professor of damaging trust in the German welfare state.