Adequate pensions for long-term contributors
The CDU holds that anyone who has worked and paid contributions all their life should be better off in old age than those who have not. Child-rearing and caregiving periods should count appropriately when pensions are calculated.
Pensions should be enough to live on. People who worked for a long time should have more money in old age than others. Raising children should also count toward a pension. The same goes for caring for relatives.
The platform states the principle that a lifetime of work and contributions must be reflected in the pension amount. Family care work, meaning periods of child-rearing and caregiving, is to be factored into the calculation. The demand is tied to the recognition of older people's lifetime achievements, which the CDU emphasizes.
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„Rente muss auskömmlich sein.“Translation: Pensions must be adequate.
Placement
- Economybalanced
The point combines the contribution principle in pensions with greater social recognition of child-rearing and caregiving periods.