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What the Germans think about the expansion of the mother’s pension
In her exploratory paper, the Union and SPD decided to expand the “mother’s pension”. Most Germans think that is good. Striking: the differences among party supporters.
A broad majority of Germans in favor of expanding the so -called mother’s pension. This was the result of a Forsa survey on behalf of the star At the end of last week. 69 percent of the citizens support the corresponding plans of the Union and the SPD, only 27 percent believe that they should not be implemented at the moment. 4 percent do not comment.
The approval of the plans, mothers, whose children were born before 1992, is more educated in the pension is high in western and eastern Germany, women and men and across political warehouse borders.
The supporters see the widened “mother’s pension” as the necessary recognition of mothers and legal guardians. The opponents mainly lead the annual costs of four to five billion euros.
Mothers’ pension: differences after party supporters
The differences according to party supporters are striking: the highest approval value with 85 percent is given by the widened “mother’s pension” among supporters of the left (15 percent rejection), the lowest with 61 percent among fans of the Greens (35 percent rejection). Among supporters of the SPD, the consent is 70 percent (27 percent rejection), among Union supporters in 66 percent (30 percent rejection) and among AfD voters 67 percent (30 percent rejection).
The data was made by the market and opinion research institute Forsa for the star and RTL Germany raised by phone on March 27 and 28, 2025. This means that the survey is representative. Database: 1006 interview. Statistical fault tolerance: +/- 3 percentage points.
The exact wording of the question was: Should the “mother’s pension” be expanded as planned by the Union and SPD?
Source: Stern
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