Economists are calling for the higher retirement age of 70.
Federal Minister of Labor Hubertus Heil rejects this: "not compatible with the reality of life".
Berlin – The retirement age in Germany has not just been a hot topic since yesterday.
It is currently being assessed again by economic economists, above all the economic researcher Dr.
Gunther Schnabl from the Institute for Economic Policy at the University of Leipzig.
He publicly advocates raising the retirement age for Germans to 70 years.
And that where the pension at 67 has not yet been implemented and the retirement age at 68 is also disputed.
Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) clearly rejects raising the retirement age to 70, as he said in an interview with the Funke media group.
"The idea that you should work in a steel mill or at the supermarket checkout, as a police officer or as a nurse until you are 70 - only people who live in a completely different world can have that."
Live longer, work longer?
Federal Minister of Labor Heil rejects a higher retirement age
Heil's statement went against the sensational assessment and demand of the economist Dr.
beak ahead.
“The retirement age must rise.
Germany already has a huge problem with skilled workers, hundreds of thousands of jobs are unfilled."
Inflation would also make this step absolutely necessary, according to the economist.
Federal Minister of Labor Heil advocates a flexible transition to retirement, but is firmly opposed to a retirement age of 70.
And this at a time when many people would like to experience more "work-life balance" and be able to retire earlier.
“We have agreed in the coalition that we will not raise the statutory retirement age.
And nothing will change about that.” According to the current legal situation, the age limit for the pension will be gradually raised from 65 to 67 years without deductions by 2029.
Heil also added in the conversation that he considers it to be "a phantom debate" to work until the age of 70.
"This is a discussion that cannot be reconciled with the reality of life for many people in Germany," said Heil.
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Many Germans cannot imagine not being able to retire until they are 70.
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Retirement at 70 realistic?
A longer life does not mean a healthy, working life
According to the German economist Axel Börsch-Supan, a longer lifetime should be divided according to the current relationship between work and pension.
The average age of Germans is rising, which means that the population is getting older on average.
However, the risk of chronic or age-related diseases such as dementia, Parkinson's disease and arthritis also increases with age.
According to the new population forecast by the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR), the average age of the German population will increase from the current 43 years to over 47 years by 2030.
This will also affect people's physical and mental health and potentially affect their ability to work.
In view of this circumstance, it seems absurd not only to employees
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