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Taxpayers’ Lobby Calls to Limit New Beamte Appointments as Pensions Soar

Official forecasts of a 54 percent rise in federal pension outlays by 2060 have prompted CDU figures alongside the Bund der Steuerzahler to reserve Beamte status to core roles such as police, judges or finance officials; unions warn the shift would undermine recruitment, raising transition costs.

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Der Steuerzahlerbund hat sich für weniger Verbeamtungen ausgesprochen und damit für Kritik des Beamtenbundes gesorgt. "Die öffentlichen Haushalte werden durch die XXL-Beamtenverhältnisse enorm belastet", sagte Steuerzahlerbundpräsident Holznagel.
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Overview

  • The Bund der Steuerzahler has proposed sharply cutting new civil servant appointments and confining Beamte status to core sovereign functions to ease budgetary pressure.
  • CDU Secretary General Carsten Linnemann supported limiting verbeamtungen to roles with truly sovereign duties, citing police, judiciary and customs officers as essential.
  • Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and unions including the Deutscher Beamtenbund and Deutscher Lehrerverband opposed a broad rollback, warning it would aggravate staffing shortages and inflate transition costs.
  • A Bundesinnenministerium Versorgungsbericht projects federal pension spending for Beamte rising from €6.8 billion in 2023 to €7.8 billion in 2025 and €25.4 billion by 2060, highlighting long-term fiscal strain.
  • No legislative changes have been enacted and the debate over restricting verbeamtungen is set to continue within broader pension-reform and commission discussions.