Overview
- CSU leader Markus Söder rejected tying the pension vote to a confidence question and dismissed talk of a minority government, urging all sides to find a compromise without delaying the vote.
- The Union’s Junge Gruppe keeps opposing the bill’s use of a 48 percent level as the post-2032 baseline and says a nonbinding add-on text is insufficient, a stance that would strip the coalition of a reliable majority.
- The Greens said they will vote against the package and presented alternatives that keep a 48 percent level but phase down the “Rente mit 63,” a plan the Sozialverband Deutschland partly supports while warning against higher retirement ages for physically demanding jobs.
- From 1 December 2025 the DRV will count the temporary supplement as regular income, combine it with monthly pensions, recalculate it on earnings points with possible 17‑month back payments, and end cash payouts at Postbank branches, which could reduce many survivors’ benefits unless bank details are provided.
- A Koalitionsausschuss meeting this week seeks a path forward, and a Rentenkommission is slated for December to develop a broader reform concept by summer 2026.