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Merz Deploys Spahn to Contain Union Youth Revolt Over SPD Pension Level Plan

The move follows reports the chancellery now supports keeping the pension level at 48% beyond 2031, a measure critics say could cost up to €115 billion by 2040.

Merz will das SPD-Paket zur Rente durchboxen. Doch die Unions-Jugend tobt vor Wut!
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Die JU rebelliert weiter im Zoff ums Rentenniveau – und knöpft sich die SPD-Chefs vor.
Berlin – Der Riesen-Zoff um die Rente droht Kanzler Friedrich Merz (69, CDU) die Geburt...

Overview

  • An 18-member Junge Gruppe and the Junge Union are resisting the SPD proposal, arguing it burdens younger generations and was not agreed in the coalition pact.
  • According to BILD, the chancellery is now backing the SPD draft, intensifying tensions ahead of a Union parliamentary group meeting this afternoon and the JU Deutschlandtag this weekend.
  • BILD reports Merz has tasked parliamentary leader Jens Spahn with talking to dissenters to restore internal discipline, with CSU leader Markus Söder expected to lend support.
  • Government circles cited by BILD say one off‑ramp under discussion is to strip the post‑2031 guarantee from the bill and send the question to the pensions commission or raise it in the coalition committee.
  • Officials point to a comprehensive reform planned by 2029 to argue the current law would be temporary, while CDU general secretary Carsten Linnemann is said to be working on a compromise with the SPD.