Tag: retirement provision
Tax return 2022/2023: 16 important innovations
Tax return 2022/2023 Which innovations are important for the 2022 tax return? Frankfurt With the tax return for the year 2022, the chances of a refund are good again. Several…
How Japan is fighting population decline
retirees in Japan The country has a demographic problem – and thus one with the number of employees. (Photo: Getty Images, Lawson [M]) Tokyo Toshiaki Okazaki, 72, could play golf…
How Japan is fighting population decline
retirees in Japan The country has a demographic problem – and thus one with the number of employees. (Photo: Getty Images, Lawson [M]) Tokyo Toshiaki Okazaki, 72, could play golf…
This is how you can top up your retirement savings
Two weeks ago, pension advisor Andreas Irion received a visit. His client Renate Frei* has a problem. In 1977, at the age of 17, she began her training. She worked…
Protests against French pension reform turn violent
Protests against pension reform The French demonstrated in several cities against President Macron’s plans. (Photo: IMAGO/IP3press) Paris/Nantes In France, the new protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms also turned…
“I don’t enjoy it either”
Paris Emmanuel Macron chose an unusual setting for his first public statements on the controversial decision to push through his pension reforms despite massive protests and no parliamentary vote. Instead…
Why pensioners benefit from being guided by the wage level despite high inflation
Berlin The announced pension increase still falls short of the expected inflation, as the Ministry of Labor admits. Pensions will increase by 4.39 percent in western Germany and 5.86 percent…
Macron’s government survives vote of no confidence – but protests against pension reform continue
Paris In the end, it was nine votes that saved French President Emmanuel Macron and his pension reform for the time being. The National Assembly in Paris rejected a motion…
France’s government survives first vote of no confidence
French President Emmanuel Macron If Macron survives both no-confidence votes, he can implement his controversial pension reform. (Photo: via REUTERS) Paris French opposition forces have failed in their attempt to…
France’s government survives first vote of no confidence
French President Emmanuel Macron If Macron survives both no-confidence votes, he can implement his controversial pension reform. (Photo: via REUTERS) Paris The first of two votes of no confidence in…
Up 4.39 percent in the West – 5.86 percent in the East
pension Pensions are increasing at an above-average rate due to high inflation and the associated strong wage development. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Pensioners will receive more money from the summer. As…
What are the chances of a motion of no confidence in Macron’s government?
Paris France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire was confident: “There will be no majority to bring down the government,” he told the newspaper “Le Parisien”. But there is great uncertainty…
Pension insurance boss expects rising pensions and stable contributions
Gundula Rossbach The President of the German Pension Insurance Association gives the more than 21 million pensioners hope for a “proper premium”. (Photo: DRV Bund photo archive/Nuremberg) Berlin Federal Minister…
ECB in a dilemma – the struggle for new interest rate hikes
Good morning dear readers, The situation in which the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde found herself on Thursday evening is commonly described as a dilemma. Their…
ECB in a dilemma – the struggle for new interest rate hikes
Good morning dear readers, The situation in which the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde found herself on Thursday evening is commonly described as a dilemma. Their…
For whom Riester can still be worthwhile
Frankfurt Riester savers have to brace themselves for sobering numbers these days. Because the providers of the more than three million subsidized old-age provision contracts with funds send out their…
Macron pushes pension reform past Parliament – and risks political crisis
Paris The dispute over the pension reform has brought dramatic hours to French politicians. In the afternoon, President Emmanuel Macron finally decided to enact the law using a constitutional tweak…
Macron passes pension plans without a vote in Parliament
Emmanuel Macron The French government wants to bring its reform through parliament without a vote. (Photo: via REUTERS) Paris French President Emmanuel Macron pushed the pension reform through parliament without…
Why Mayor Hidalgo doesn’t want to clean up
Garbage emergency in Paris The full garbage bags, boxes and overflowing dumpsters spread the foul smell of rotting food. (Photo: dpa) Paris Even in the normally spruced up tourist spots…
France’s Senate approves pension reform in first reading
Emmanuel Macron Despite protests, the French President wants to push through the pension reform. (Photo: via REUTERS) Paris France’s Senate voted in favor of the government’s controversial pension reform in…