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The grand right-left coalition in power in Berlin under the leadership of Angela Merkel has just presented its mid-term review and has welcomed the reforms completed or launched. But some issues remain a bone of contention between conservatives and social democrats. This has been the case for months of pension reform. This Sunday, an agreement has finally been found.
With our correspondent in Berlin , Pascal Thibaut
The file threatened to implode the grand coalition, the crisis meetings in the grand coalition were multiplying. On arrival, conservatives and social democrats found a compromise.
People who have contributed for 35 years and still receive pensions lower than the minimum old age will have their pension revalued. The SPD wins the case.
On the right hand side, the pension fund files and the tax offices will be linked to verify that the people concerned really need this revaluation or receive other income. The right wanted the whole heritage of potential beneficiaries to be examined.
Up to 1.5 million people will benefit from this reform as early as next year. It will cost up to 1.5 billion euros financed by the state budget. Four out of five beneficiaries are women.
CDU President Kramp-Karrenbauer spoke of an acceptable compromise for her party. SPD interim leader Malu Dreyer praised historic social reform. It could help reduce the discontent of social democratic activists who must decide in early December whether to continue their participation in the grand coalition with the right.