Overview
- Coalition leaders plan to use Thursday’s Koalitionsausschuss to seek a compromise, with only limited sitting weeks left to pass the bill this year.
- The SPD is holding to the cabinet draft that guarantees a pension level of at least 48% through 2031 and bundles Mütterrente, Frühstartrente and Aktivrente slated to begin on January 1, 2026.
- The Young Group warns that effects after 2031 would add about €120 billion over ten years; CDU manager Steffen Bilger proposes a parallel Bundestag resolution, which the rebels say lacks binding force.
- Twenty-two economists have called for the bill to be withdrawn and employer chief Rainer Dulger backs a halt, while IMK director Sebastian Dullien counters that stabilization would also benefit younger cohorts.
- An IW study finds 40.6% of state spending goes to social protection, fueling fiscal concerns, as a Forsa poll shows 70% support for raising roughly €110 billion from 2031 to stabilize the pension level.