Pension: Costs are falling – measured in terms of economic power
Expenditure on statutory pensions is reaching ever-increasing billions, and the federal government is contributing a lot of tax money. However, the gross domestic product grew much faster. According to data from the federal government, Germany is currently spending a smaller proportion of its economic power on statutory pensions than in 2009 – despite a growing […]
DGB boss Fahimi: Guarantee pension levels “forever”.
With the pension package presented a few days ago, the federal government wants to initially secure the 48 percent level until 2040. DGB boss Fahimi considers this to be inadequate. The chairwoman of the German Federation of Trade Unions, Yasmin Fahimi, considers the promise to keep the pension level stable at 48 percent until 2040 […]
Billions in share capital for pensions – what the traffic light is planning
The government has been announcing a pension package for months. The plans are to be presented this Tuesday. For the first time, billions are to flow into the stock market for pensions. After months of preparation, the federal government wants to launch its pension package: The introduction of share capital is intended to create a […]
Germany is not yet that united
Good morning, dear reader, many East Germans feel like second-class citizens. There’s actually no formal reason for this – or is there? Why did people in the East receive less pension for decades, why do they still receive lower wages on average, have poorer career prospects and inherit fewer? There are certainly reasons for this, […]
33 years after reunification: Germany is still so unequal
Good morning, dear reader, many East Germans feel like second-class citizens. There’s actually no formal reason for this – or is there? Why did people in the East receive less pension for decades, why do they still receive lower wages on average, have poorer career prospects and inherit fewer? There are certainly reasons for this, […]
33 years after reunification: Germany is still so unfair
Good morning, dear reader, many East Germans feel like second-class citizens. There’s actually no formal reason for this – or is there? Why did people in the East receive less pension for decades, why do they still receive lower wages on average, have poorer career prospects and inherit fewer? There are certainly reasons for this, […]
33 years of reunification: Germany is still so unjust
Good morning, dear reader, many East Germans feel like second-class citizens. There’s actually no formal reason for this – or is there? Why did people in the East receive less pension for decades, why do they still receive lower wages on average, have poorer career prospects and inherit fewer? There are certainly reasons for this, […]
33 years of reunification: Germany is still so unfair
Good morning, dear reader, many East Germans feel like second-class citizens. There’s actually no formal reason for this – or is there? Why did people in the East receive less pension for decades, why do they still receive lower wages on average, have poorer career prospects and inherit fewer? There are certainly reasons for this, […]
Retirement: What needs to be done now
Good morning, dear reader, do you hear that? I know the sound is hard to hear. We’ve gotten used to it too much. Just as one learns over time not to hear tinnitus, so it is with this ticking – and has been since the 1990s. But since then it has always been the case: […]
