Editorial: Achtung, Sirenen! Warum die Entpolitisierung der Rente sinnvoll wäre
Erst verspricht die Regierung, das Rentenpaket komplett umzusetzen. Wochen später wackeln die Ersten schon wieder. Was das über politische Mechanismen verrät.
It was not long ago that Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Labor Minister Bärbel Bas sat together in the Bundespressekonferenz, expressing a rare unity and determination. Not long before, the two had wholeheartedly embraced the Rentenkommission's report. All elements of the reform package needed to be "implemented quickly," they declared, with Merz adding that they could not afford to "pick out or discard individual measures."
Bas added that they could not "pick out the cherries." These were words that should bind their own supporters and the whole nation to a common decision: "We are going through with this, come what may," said Merz. These phrases echo a scene from a modern cinematic hit, where Christopher Nolan has Matt Damon bind himself to the mast of his ship, plugging his men's ears with wax to resist the songs of sirens.
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