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Junge Union Congress Opens With Pension Fight as Merz Faces Pushback

Youth delegates plan to press the chancellor over a cabinet‑approved plan to hold pensions higher after 2031, citing heavy costs for their generation.

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Ein halbes Jahr nach der Bildung der schwarz-roten Bundesregierung trifft sich die Junge Union am Freitag zu einem dreitägigen Jahreskongress in der baden-württembergischen Stadt Rust.

Overview

  • The three‑day Deutschlandtag begins in Rust at Europa‑Park, with CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann speaking Friday, Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Saturday, and CSU leader Markus Söder on Sunday.
  • Labor Minister Bärbel Bas’s cabinet‑cleared draft stabilizes the pension level as agreed through 2031 and specifies it should stand about one percentage point above current law thereafter.
  • The Junge Union’s lead motion calls the package a heavy burden from a young perspective and urges no rise in contribution rates during the current legislative term.
  • The youth wing also demands that the statutory retirement age be linked to life expectancy as part of a longer‑term reform course.
  • A bloc of 18 young CDU/CSU lawmakers, including JU leader Johannes Winkel, argues the post‑2031 clause exceeds the coalition deal and threatens to block the bill in parliament.