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Laschet advertises pensions cracker - and receives two dampers

2021-04-06T09:19:58.620Z


The CDU boss defends the pension at 67 and campaigns for a broad consensus on the reform question. The opposition reacts with sharp words.


The CDU boss defends the pension at 67 and campaigns for a broad consensus on the reform question.

The opposition reacts with sharp words.

  • Armin Laschet *, Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, calls for a pension reform.

  • It is important to the CDU leader that it finds cross-party approval.

  • A possible future coalition partner rejects the proposal.

Berlin - Armin Laschet takes a look at the pension.

The CDU chairman is aiming for a pension reform after the federal election - across parties.

"I want a great social consensus," said the possible Union Chancellor candidate of the dpa.

He would also be happy to work with a pension commission in which everyone is involved, he continued.

"We have always said that we need a longer working life when we are all getting older," said Laschet.

"The introduction of the pension at 67 was the right decision." How to make pension systems "future-proof" is a question that has to be answered and planned over the next 10 to 15 years.

Armin Laschet talks about the pension and refers to Konrad Adenauer

Pension policy needs "trust over changing periods of government", justified the NRW Prime Minister his move in the direction of the other parties.

Laschet recalled German pension policy since the 1950s.

The then Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer * (CDU) tried to make such decisions across parties.

"Because you know: Four years later, there may be completely different ones, and they are bound by these decisions."

Recently, the SME and Economic Union (MIT) demanded that both parties to the Union cancel the pension from 63 onwards.

When asked whether he supports this, Laschet replied that the CDU * would anchor its pension plans in the election manifesto.

"There are joint working groups in which MIT and the social committees and other pension experts work together."

Bold about Laschet's pension proposal: "Transparent diversionary maneuver"

However, Laschet received a rejection from two potential coalition partners in the Bundestag.

SPD Vice Kevin Kühnert spoke of a transparent diversionary maneuver.

"Laschet would do well to first ensure clarity with an internal party pension commission, which actually is the common position of the CDU," he told the dpa.

"We are not available for pension cuts through the back door."

The SPD had long since presented its pension concept.

"It is clear to us that good pensions require good wages." The minimum wage increase to twelve euros demanded by his party was also an "enormous boost" for the statutory pension, said Kühnert.

The grand coalition has already launched a joint pension commission with employers and unions, which presented its results a year ago, said Kühnert.

“The fact that a lot remained vague was not least due to the massive internal disagreements in the Union.” According to Kühnert, the social and economic wings of the CDU are in disagreement about:

  • The retirement age

  • The pension level

  • The involvement of the self-employed

  • The involvement of officials

  • The income threshold

"Such a mess makes the insured in Germany insane," said Kühnert.

Greens reject Laschet's pension initiative - FDP signals approval

The Greens * also responded rejecting it.

Your pension policy spokesman, Markus Kurth, told the dpa: "In the past few years, the Union did not care about a consensus on pension policy."

He emphasized: "We do not need any further pension commissions that brainstorm with poor results." What is needed is a plan - and the Greens have one with the aim of public insurance and the long-term stabilization of the pension level.

The FDP, on the other hand, welcomed Laschet's initiative.

"The CDU will have to show its colors on this in the election program, because a coming federal government itself cannot avoid bold action," said the pension policy spokesman for the FDP parliamentary group, Johannes Vogel, of the dpa.

The FDP parliamentary group proposes a completely flexible retirement age based on the Swedish model.

She wanted to make the system stable for all generations through a statutory share pension and, in particular, fairer for low-wage earners.

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