Will early retirement soon be a thing of the past? In any case, CDU politician Spahn would support this. He is not alone with his request, but he is also facing headwinds.
In view of the shortage of skilled workers, Union parliamentary group leader Jens Spahn calls for a quick end to the pension without deductions at the age of 63. “Retirement at 63 costs prosperity, burdens future generations and sets the wrong incentives,” said the CDU politician to “Bild am Sonntag”. “It should be abolished immediately and replaced by a better disability pension.”
The specialists who retired earlier were “bitterly” missing. The economy has also been calling for a move away from earlier job exits for a long time, while unions are defending the regulation.
Retire at 63 popular
Retirement at 63 is the option that has existed since 2014 to draw an early pension without financial deductions for insured persons with 45 years of contributions. The Federal Institute for Population Research announced in December that people in Germany are increasingly retiring early. According to this, many retire at the age of 63 or 64 – well before the standard retirement age.
According to the institute, in 2021 almost every third person would access an old-age pension at the age of 63. In addition, more and more people are retiring before the standard retirement age and accept deductions in the amount of their pension.
Contradictory opinions
The Green labor market expert Frank Bsirske warned in the “Bild am Sonntag”: “The abolition of the “pension at 63″ would mean that millions of people would retire with deductions and reduced pensions.” However, many professional groups, such as employees in care and day-care centers, simply cannot work until the age of 67. “For these people, an end to “retirement at 63″ would have fatal consequences.”
FDP Vice Johannes Vogel spoke out in favor of a “self-determined, flexible retirement age”. Everyone should be able to decide for themselves when to retire. “If you work longer, you get a bigger pension.”
CDU leader Friedrich Merz told the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” that one could probably not avoid working more with an ever longer life expectancy. “Otherwise, our pension system will no longer be financially viable.”
The managing director of the employer-financed “Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft”, Thorsten Alsleben, told the “Bild am Sonntag”: “The pension at 63 no longer fits into the time and must expire by the end of 2030 at the latest.” It costs the contributors billions and also exacerbates the shortage of skilled workers.
Source: Stern
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