Olaf Scholz reprimands the trend towards early retirement

Olaf Scholz (right), Hubertus Heil

The chancellor and social affairs minister are faced with the challenge of keeping older workers in work longer – despite measures such as retirement at 63.

(Photo: imago images/Emmanuele Contini)

Berlin The pension debate initiated by Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) falls back on his own party, which once pushed through the pension at 63 in the grand coalition. There are various ways to prevent early retirement, said the business wise Martin Werding the Handelsblatt. “But by far the most important adjustment screw to remedy this is the SPD project Retirement at 63.”

At the weekend, Scholz had put the topic on the agenda himself when it came to the lack of skilled workers: “It is important to increase the proportion of those who can really work until retirement age,” said the chancellor of the Funke media group.

According to the federal government’s pension insurance report, the average retirement age has risen by almost two years since the turn of the millennium. However, for several years it has remained at around 64 years, although the statutory retirement age has been gradually raised from 65 to 67 years from 2012 to 2031. It is currently 65 years and eleven months.

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