Overview

• On July 23, Grupp addressed the Verband Unternehmer Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart to call for a fundamental debate over Germany’s statutory retirement age.
• She urged that Germany’s retirement age be adjusted in step with rising life expectancy while acknowledging she offered no precise new threshold.
• She recommended varied retirement thresholds for different occupational groups, noting that certain jobs can sustain longer working lives.
• The current legal retirement age is 67, and existing options allow workers to delay benefits for higher payouts and unlimited post-retirement earnings.
• Since taking over Trigema’s management in January 2024 with her brother, Grupp has upheld the family firm’s tradition of outspoken social policy engagement as their father recovers from a recent health crisis.