Working pensioners: number increased at a record level

The number of pensioners still working in Germany has reached a record level. According to the Federal Statistical Office, more than 1.1 million people aged 67 or older were still employed last year, more than ever before. In 2023 there were 51,000 fewer. This resulted in a request from the BSW that the star is present.

Compared to 2004, the number has quadrupled; At that time, 288,000 people over 67 were still employed. The number of pensioners and pensioners, on the other hand, increased only slightly in the same period: in 2004 it was 19.6 million, last year 21.4 million.

CDU general secretary Carsten Linnemann had recently triggered a debate with his statement that pensioners would work too little in Germany. For more prosperity, however, it is necessary to increase their number and create appropriate incentives.

Among other things, the Union is committed to the “active pension”, which is intended to enable pensioners tax -free additional earnings of up to 2000 euros. Recurring demands from the Union to increase the retirement age to 70, CDU party leader Friedrich Merz had already rejected last year.

BSW boss Sahra Wagenknecht accused Linnemann of “mocking” the pensioners with the debate. “Today more pensioners work than ever,” said Wageknecht that star. It is good “if companies would also fall back on the competencies of older people”. Also, not all of them would certainly work longer for financial reasons: “However, the quadrupling of the numbers shows that hundreds of thousands of seniors are simply forced to improve their narrow covers.” Wagenknecht called for a system change in pension based on the Austrian model.