Overview
- The youth wing opens its annual Deutschlandtag on Friday at Europa-Park in Rust, with speeches slated from CDU general secretary Carsten Linnemann, Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Saturday, and CSU leader Markus Söder on Sunday.
- The cabinet has approved Labour Minister Bärbel Bas’s draft, which stabilizes the pension level and states it should remain about one percentage point above current law after 2031.
- The Junge Union’s lead motion brands the package a heavy burden from a young perspective, calls for no contribution increases during this legislative term, and urges tying the retirement age to life expectancy.
- A group of 18 young CDU/CSU lawmakers, including JU chief Johannes Winkel, argues the draft exceeds the coalition agreement and warns of major costs, threatening to block it in parliament.
- Delegates expect clarity from Merz on his stance, setting up a potentially tense exchange over intergenerational fairness and the coalition’s pension commitments.