The coalition wants to stipulate that the pension level must not fall below 48 percent of the average wage by 2039 and beyond. Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) and Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) also presented plans for a stock pension based on the Swedish model.
This is intended to relieve the burden on pension insurance from the mid-2030s - through the income from a 200 billion euro fund financed primarily from loans. In the USA, the primary elections in several states began today on Super Tuesday.