Overview
- The labor minister said the recently passed Bundestag package, which holds the statutory pension level at 48% after 2031, also stabilizes prospects for younger workers.
- Bas confirmed a Rentenkommission will be installed before year‑end with a mandate to deliver proposals by mid‑2026, and a Bundesrat consultation is scheduled next week.
- Eighteen younger CDU/CSU lawmakers criticized the 48% target as unfair to contributors who would shoulder higher costs over time.
- Economist Jens Südekum’s idea to link retirement timing to contribution years gained traction, with CDU MP Kai Whittaker backing examples such as retiring at 64 after 47 years of payments for early starters.
- Commentators warned the contribution‑years model could disadvantage precarious workers and do little for pension finances, arguing it would reward longer‑tenured high earners.