The German pension system is being strained by an aging society.
CDU politicians therefore want to fill the coffers with civil servants' salaries in the future.
Ordinary employees currently have to pay 18.6 percent of their gross salary * (half of which is borne by the employer) to the pension fund.
Civil servants have so far been exempt from this regulation, they do not pay into the cash register.
Instead, their
pension is financed through tax revenue
.
According to a
new concept paper
, the CDU
now
wants
to change that.
The "Bild" newspaper reports that
civil servants under the age of 30
will be "integrated" into the pension fund
from 2030
onwards.
In doing so, the newspaper refers to a concept paper from the Federal Social Affairs Committee, which advises the CDU leadership.
Thus, however, only future civil servants would be affected by the regulation, all current pension entitlements would remain.
The paper says: "Everyone who is older will stay in their previous pension schemes".
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Further plans for pension system
However, the concept paper contains further plans for the future of the pension system.
The Saxon State Minister for Culture Barbara Klepsch and Kai Whittaker, who head the Federal Committee of Experts, also want to
reform
the current
pay-as-you-go system
.
In the future, contributions will no longer be paid directly to pensioners, as has been the case before, but part of them will
flow
into a
state fund
.
The "Bild" newspaper reported a volume of up to 32 billion euros.
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Higher pension contributions for high earners
According to the report, politicians are also calling for a
higher contribution ceiling
.
Currently (as of November 2020), employees must pay contributions to a maximum of 6900 euros of their gross salary in the west and 6450 euros in the east.
The CDU politicians now want to gradually increase these limits over a period of ten years.
With the increase, however,
more pension points
can then be
claimed.
Also under discussion is an increase in the retirement age from 2030 - then employees could only receive a deduction-free pension over the age of 67.
The concept paper cites increasing life expectancy and the associated aging in Germany as the reason for the proposed reforms.
"If everything stayed as it is, the pension would not be affordable in the long run".
(lw) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.
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