The SPD, Greens and FDP want to improve the pension.
But the traffic light plans fail with economists.
Berlin - The agreement on a traffic light coalition is becoming more and more likely.
In their exploratory paper, the SPD, Greens and FDP laid the first foundations for cooperation.
Of course, the previous controversial topic of pensions is also discussed there.
Under the heading “Making social security citizen-friendly”, the parties list their plans for future old-age security.
Right from the start, however, it is made clear that employees should not only rely on the statutory pension.
"In addition to the statutory pension, company and private pension schemes remain important for a good life in old age," says the wording.
Pension: Traffic light plans do not provide for an increase in the entry age
The parties also make it clear that they nonetheless want to strengthen the statutory pension and secure the minimum pension level of 48 percent.
The traffic light parties do not plan to reduce the statutory pension or raise the entry age.
In view of the demographic development, however, this could become a problem in the future.
In order to alleviate this problem, the Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) should also be able to invest in the capital market in the future.
To this end, it is to receive 10 billion euros from budget funds in the coming year.
The exploratory paper also states: "We want to strengthen the pay-as-you-go pension through the participation of women and older employees as well as employment-related and qualified immigration." How exactly this should be implemented remains to be seen.
Economists criticize traffic light plans
Economists in particular do not think much of the traffic light politicians' plans.
Ifo boss Clemens Fuest made
it clear
to the
Handelsblatt
that the changes were “anything but promising”.
“These pension resolutions are incompatible with sustainable financial policy.
The pension reform is apparently simply postponed ”, Fuest continued.
DIW boss Marcel Fratzscher also warned in the
ZDF morning magazine
(October 18) with a view to the times ahead.
“There is an urgent need for action.
Not because the money is missing now, but because it will be missing in the future. ”
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