Raise pension level and create a GDR justice fund
The Left wants to raise the federal pension level to 53 percent and create a statutory pension system that everyone pays into. A justice fund would make regular compensation payments to former East German workers. The platform says about 60 percent of pensions in the state were below the poverty line in 2024.
The Left wants higher pensions. The pension level should rise to 53 percent. Everyone should pay into the same pension system. People who worked in East Germany should get compensation payments.
The demands on the pension level and on insurance for everyone are addressed to the federal government. The justice fund would pay regular compensation to a wider group of former GDR employees. It would take into account the situation of women who were divorced in the GDR. The party considers the transfer of GDR pensions into the unified system a failure and calls for a state strategy to cushion old-age poverty. According to the platform, most pensioners in the state have more than 40 contribution years.
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„das Rentenniveau im Bund auf 53 Prozent anheben und eine gemeinsame gesetzliche Rentenversicherung, in die alle einzahlen müssen“Translation: raise the federal pension level to 53 percent and a shared statutory pension insurance that everyone must pay into
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- Economyclearly more state
A pension insurance with mandatory contributions from everyone restructures today's system of separate schemes while also raising benefits.