Alterssicherung: Rentenpaket gerät ins Wanken
Der Streit um die abschlagsfreie Rente nach 45 Beitragsjahren eskaliert. Das könnte das „Gesamtkunstwerk“ Rentenreform gefährden, warnen dessen Schöpfer.
In a new round of debate, the future of the unlimited early retirement benefit in Germany is under scrutiny. Florian Dorn, a Bundestag representative from the CSU party and a member of the Rentenkommission, cautions against removing this provision from the commission's recommendations. Doing so, he warns, could destabilize the entire pension package.
Three CDU state premiers and the party's worker faction have previously advocated for maintaining the early retirement benefit, known as the "Rente mit 63." Currently, this benefit starts at 64.5 years, two years earlier than the regular retirement age, which is gradually increasing towards 67. According to Dorn, the unlimited early retirement privilege costs the solidarity community, or taxpayers, billions of euros annually.
He emphasizes that abolishing this privilege would be a "central building block of the overall reform to stabilize the financing of statutory pension insurance." Any party wanting to retain this privilege would be risking the stability of the overall pension reform and the pension system itself.
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