Rentenreform: Doch kein Aus für die Rente mit 63? SPD nimmt Steilvorlage aus der CDU an
Der Vorstoß dreier CDU-Ministerpräsidenten löst einen erneuten Rentenstreit aus. Mehrere SPD-Länderchefs wollen die Frühverrentung beibehalten – trotz klarer Erkenntnisse von Ökonomen.
Increasingly, top SPD politicians are siding with three CDU chairpersons who argue that the pension with a zero delay at 63 should not be abolished. "The SPD has always advocated that employees with 45 years of contributions can retire without a delay," said Bremen Mayor Andreas Bovenschulte (SPD) to the Handelsblatt. "However, when the Union no longer has a majority within its own ranks for scrapping this rule, it speaks for retaining the pension up to 63 years old.
For the necessary counterfinancing, high wealth tax or abolishing the tax privilege for capital income could be options," Bovenschulte added. SPD chairpersons from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the Saarland, Manuela Schwesig and Anke Rehlinger, also advocated for the retention of the pension at 63. The chairpersons were opposing the Chancellor, as the Rentenkommission - established by the federal government - had advocated for abolishing the zero-delay pension after 45 contributions.
The government, according to the commission's proposals, aimed at implementing most of the experts' ideas. Social Minister Bärbel Bas (SPD) described the proposals as a "Gesamtkunstwerk", in which there should be "no picking over the scraps".
Written by urgent.news from Handelsblatt's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
