{
  "id": 3748532,
  "title": "Alemania suprimirá la jubilación anticipada a los 63 años con el 100% de la pensión",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/alemania-suprimira-la-jubilacion-anticipada-a-los-63-anos-con-el-100",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-27T13:51:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Expansion ES",
    "slug": "expansion-es",
    "url": "https://www.expansion.com/economia/2026/08/27/6a903e67e5fdeaa50c8b4578.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "In June, a panel of experts submitted the German government with a pension reform proposal that suggests raising the retirement age to 70 by the end of the century. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reaffirmed the coalition government's intention to eliminate the 63-year-old early retirement benefit for those who have contributed 45 years without reductions, despite protests from three Germanys' first ministers in the east of the country.\n\nThe issue of early retirement has been addressed in the coalition committee, and the government is in agreement that all incentives for early retirement must be eliminated. Merz stated this is one of the central elements of the pension reform currently being developed by the government.\n\nIn June, a panel of experts submitted a proposal for pension reform that consists of 33 measures, which must be implemented as a whole to be effective. These measures include raising the retirement age to 70 by the end of the century. In Germany, those who have contributed 45 years are entitled to early retirement, commonly referred to as a pension at 63, because all people born before 1953 could retire at that age without reductions. As the retirement age continues to rise, the age of eligibility for this type of retirement also increases based on the year of birth. The three first ministers of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Merz's party, in the eastern German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, and Thuringia, Sven Schulze, Michael Kretschmer, and Mario Voigt, had jointly opposed the elimination of the 63-year-old pension.\n\nSchulze, whose federal state is holding elections within a week, initiated this proposal. Similarly, Manuela Schwesig, the Social Democratic first minister of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where elections are scheduled for September 20, shares this stance. Merz emphasized that this is not an issue between East and West Germany. There are those in the west who lack an alternative to the public pension system for retirement, although the proportion is smaller than in the east. Merz assured that exceptional cases would be taken into account. However, the trend towards early retirement in a society that is increasingly aging must be halted, according to Merz.",
  "summary": "En junio pasado una comisión de expertos entregó al Gobierno una propuesta de reforma del sistema de pensiones en la que se plantea un aumento de la edad de jubilación hasta los 70 años para finales de siglo. Leer",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}