Voigt towards greater retirement age – FOCUS on-line | EUROtoday

In the brand new dialogue about longer work sparked by Federal Minister of Economics Katharina Reiche (CDU), Thuringia’s Prime Minister Mario Voigt opposes a later pension and warns of “stress debates”. “I decide a higher retirement age,” the CDU politician instructed the journal “Stern”. “For many people, especially in physically stressful, such a model is unreasonable and simply not reasonable.”

“Instead of keeping new load debates, we need a pension system that is fair,” warned Voigt. This applies to those that have paid for many years, but in addition in comparison with future generations. Flexible transitions are vital as a substitute of inflexible age limits. Anyone who needs to work past the statutory retirement age ought to work voluntarily. Voigt emphasised: “Anyone who has worked for a lifetime has a right to a dignified retirement – and on a pension that you can live from.”

Riche expressions had given new meals for the controversy on the weekend. The CDU politician instructed the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”: “The demographic change and the increasing life expectancy make it inevitable: The working life has to increase.” It is essential: “We have to work more and longer.”