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Hubertus Heil wants to secure the pension level of “48 percent” in the long term.
He wants to enshrine it in a law.
Berlin – The federal government has agreed on a pension level of 48 percent in Pension Package II.
Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) wants to guarantee this value permanently.
He explained this on Thursday evening, March 14th, on the
ZDF
program
Maybrit Illne
r.
“In the draft law we want to guarantee them permanently,” said Heil.
“We have now secured this until 2039, but it is written into the law that it should be this way permanently.”
The Federal Government's goal is to ensure that not only current pensioners, but above all employees and future generations can rely on the pension.
Hubertus Heil wants to stabilize pension levels and thus strengthen statutory pensions
“We will strengthen the statutory pension by stabilizing the pension level,” said the Federal Labor Minister.
This was “firmly agreed” with Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP).
The generational capital provided for in the new pension package, also known colloquially as stock pensions, helps to “stabilize the statutory pension in terms of increasing contributions”.
Heil described it in the ZDF broadcast as a “good compromise”.
In contrast, the SPD politician rejects financing generational capital from pension contributions.
Labor Minister Hubertus Heil presenting the pension package.
The pension level of 48 percent should be set by law.
© Jürgen Heinrich/Imago
With the statement, Hubertus Heil is responding to Yasmin Fahimi's demand, with which Illner confronted the minister.
The DGB boss wants to guarantee the pension level “forever”.
The commitment by 2040 is “the right signal”, but what is actually needed is a permanent commitment, the union leader said in an interview with
Bild
.
At the same time, the former SPD general secretary spoke out in favor of a pension level of 50 percent.
48 percent is the minimum.
Heil wants to secure pension levels permanently – but what does that mean in concrete terms?
The pension level indicates the ratio of a standardized pension after 45 years of contributions and an average income and the average income of employees.
With an average income over 45 years of contributions, pensioners receive 48 percent of the income of an average employee.
Anyone who pays into their pension for a shorter period of time or pays more will receive more.
The pension level for new pensioners continues to decline.
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