Social affairs: Criticism of the billion plan to pension – BAS follows

Germany’s pensioners can hope for noticeable annual pension increases with the first pension law of Federal Social Minister Bärbel Bas (SPD) in the coming years. However, because of the billions of bills estimated for this, Bas, fundamental criticism must take a fundamental criticism from the employers. However, the planned stabilization of the pension level is not sufficient for the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) at 48 percent. For BAS, the pre-pressing could be helpful for a good result in fulfilling SPD pension promises from the election campaign shortly before an SPD party conference. This Friday is to be elected as the new SPD leader along the side of Lars Klingbeil.

What other pension laws will follow

BAS still followed the submission of its bill. “It is the first pension package. There will be more follows,” said the SPD politician in Berlin. In addition to strengthening the company pensions, she called the early start and active pension. These two planned innovations made it from the Union election program into the coalition agreement.

The early start pension should therefore apply on January 1, 2026. For children from the age of 6 to the age of 18, ten euros per month should flow into an individual, capital -covered and privately organized old -age provision. From 18, it should be able to continue to be saved by private deposits until the pension. With the planned active pension, pensioners should in future be able to earn up to 2,000 euros per month tax -free. According to the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), around 230,000 employees could benefit from it.

Bas said: “I am pleased that the first pension package is now on the way.” The draft law submitted the day before is intended to extend the stop line for the pension level at 48 percent by 2031, which is actually only valid this year. A decoupling of the pensions from the wages, which would otherwise be inevitable due to the aging of society, should be prevented. According to official calculations, the pension level would decrease to 46.9 and 2045 to 44.9 percent without changing today. Already in the pension increase of 3.74 percent up to the 1st July, the stop line has an increase in pensions.

Employers criticize billions of bills

The invoice should be presented to the taxpayers. As a result of the exaggeration of the birth-strong baby boomer years in retirement, pension insurance will need significantly more fresh money in the coming years if the pensions are to be kept stable. The contributions, on the other hand, do not increase, according to the draft law.

Initially, 4.1 billion euros should cost the law from 2029. In 2030, the costs are expected to increase to EUR 9.4 billion, in 2031 to 11.2 billion euros, according to the draft law.

Employer President Rainer Dulger therefore predicted: “The long -term affiliation of the pension insurance and our social system will continue to make this pension package more difficult. We cannot afford that pension expenses increase even more than anyway.”

Dulger demands “more realistic pension policy”

Dulger nevertheless said: “The new pension package will be around twice as expensive in the next 15 years as required to implement the coalition agreement.” The pensions should be higher even after 2031 than according to the law. In any case, the legislature should be gradually returned to the pension level according to applicable law for this time. Dulger: “I expect the Federal Government a more realistic pension policy that focuses on financing and demography.”

FDP boss Christian Dürr also sharply criticized the pension package: “This pension package, which is only about distributing more money from the system in the end, is a very expensive promise for the young generation,” he told the “Rheinische Post” (Friday).

48 percent for DGB and left too little

The DGB criticized the pension package. “Even if a stable pension level in 48 percent better secures all generations, it is not enough overall,” said DGB director Anja Piel in the newspapers of the Funke media group. It called for an increase in pension levels. Sahra Wagenknecht also criticized 48 percent: the pension level becomes a “slide in poverty in old age”. The BSW chairman told the dpa: “48 percent mean painful social descent.” Left boss Ines Schwerdtner said: “48 percent pension level means poverty in old age for millions. Most of them have worked hard for a lifetime.” Many were fed with hunger wages.

Coronation fair for Bärbel Bas?

The submission of the pension plans came shortly before the SPD party conference, at which BAS is to be elected as the new chairman alongside Lars Klingbeil this Friday. Safe pensions were a central campaign promise of the SPD.

In another heart concern of the SPD in the social area, it will only be exciting this Friday. Employers and unions have been advising on the minimum wage commission for weeks on the future increase in the lower wage limit. The committee now wants to announce the result a few hours before opening the convention – if the appointment is not postponed at short notice due to disagreement. The SPD had promised 15 euros minimum wage for Germany.

Pro and contra mother pension

Support came from Wagenknecht for the extended mother’s pension, with the restriction: “But the improvements alone will hardly get a mother out of poverty in old age.” The child -rearing period for children born before 1992 will be extended by another six months to three years. The money should only be paid out from 2028 – the pension insurance claims to be two years for the technical implementation.

In contrast, Dulger demanded: “The further expansion of the mother’s pension should be avoided because of the high costs.” As “overdue”, Dulger praised the abolition of the prohibition that employees in retirement age may work for a limited time for their former employer. “The abolition of this ban will help to further expand the employment of older people,” said the President of the Federal Association of German Employers’ Associations.

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