AfD on pensions

The AfD wants the number of one's own children to count more in calculating pensions, for example through extra pension points for child-raising periods. It also wants disadvantages from the conversion of East German pensions to be fully remedied.

People with children should get a higher pension. That is what the AfD wants. Some people from East Germany get too little pension today. The AfD wants to change that.

As an example, the platform names additional pension points for child-raising periods. The life's work of women who raise children should be credited in the pension amount. For East German pensions, some contribution periods were not recognized; the AfD considers past decisions on this insufficient. Brandenburg should push for a major pension reform at every political level.

The AfD wants to reward volunteer service in aid organizations with additional pension entitlements. This is meant to address recruitment problems, which the platform attributes in part to the end of conscription and alternative civilian service.

Many people volunteer with the fire department or the Red Cross. They get no money for it. The AfD wants them to get a higher pension in return. That should get more people to join.

The AfD plans to push at the federal level for service with groups such as the German Red Cross, the Technisches Hilfswerk (federal technical relief agency), and volunteer fire departments to be rewarded with pension points. As an alternative, the platform names a supplementary pension scheme run by the state. Volunteers would choose between pension points and time credits. Each year of active service would add one month of pension entitlement.