Millions of Germans Have to Work Longer – These Are the New Pension Limits

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The committee recommends the abolition of early retirement at 63 years - Workers will only be able to retire at 67.5 years in 2041 and at 68 in 2051

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The Pensions Commission is ending its deliberations today: drafts point to a higher retirement age and the end to the "retirement at 63" – criticism is growing.

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Chancellor Merz plans a major reform. The concept of his pension commission provides for a later retirement, more contributors and an end to early retirement without deduction

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Germany faces another cut to its welfare state . The retirement age will be linked to life expectancy . Salary contributions to pensions will immediately increase by 2%. Early retirement will be abolished with full pension and the pension fund will be invested in stock . The set of cuts will topple the political taboo of retirement. Just arrived at the Chancellery in May 2025, Friedrich Merz publicly declared the German pension system “unsustain…

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Around 260,000 people go into early retirement each year without deduction. If it is possible after the pension commission, this should no longer be possible in the future.

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Longer working, wider paying, additional saving: The Pensions Commission presents a draft that will shape Germany over decades. At the end of the working time "at least 70 percent of the last net wage should stand.