SPD on pensions

From the program “Government Program 2026–2031: Recovery, Cohesion and Respect”

2026 Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election, September 20, 2026Original PDF, 95 pagesAnalyzed on October 4, 2026

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Keep pensions reliable and spread workplace pensions

The SPD commits to a pension that secures people's standard of living and points to the pension level of at least 48 percent. The state is to campaign more actively for employers to offer workplace pensions.

The SPD wants pensions people can rely on. People who worked for a long time should be able to live on their pension. The state should ask companies to offer workplace pensions. A workplace pension is extra pension money through the employer.

The program stands by a pension that secures the standard of living and credits the SPD with having secured the pension level of at least 48 percent. The state is to step up its efforts to persuade employers to offer workplace pensions. The goal is for workplace pensions to make up a clearly larger share of retirement income in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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„Das Land soll künftig noch einmal verstärkt dafür werben, dass Betriebsrenten deutlich häufiger durch Arbeitgeber als Angebot ermöglicht werden.“

Translation: In the future, the state should step up its efforts once more to promote workplace pensions being offered by employers much more often.

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Placement

Economybalanced
The program defends the existing statutory pension level and also promotes more voluntary workplace provision, without shifting the current state of affairs.

Recognize volunteer firefighting in pensions

The SPD wants volunteer service in fire departments and disaster response to count toward pensions. It plans to raise this in federal pension talks and, if necessary, implement it at the state level.

Many people help for free in the fire department. The SPD wants them to get more pension later for this. The federal government should set the rule. If that fails, the state wants to do it itself. But there must be enough money for it.

The program justifies the demand by saying these volunteers help when others have to get to safety. The demand is to be brought once more into the ongoing federal debate on the future of old-age pensions. If that fails, the SPD wants a solution at the state level. This is subject to the state budget having financial room.

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„Deshalb halten wir an unserem Ziel, dass sich die ehrenamtliche Arbeit der Kameradinnen und Kameraden der Freiwilligen Feuerwehren und des Katastrophenschutzes in der Rente abbilden sollte, fest.“

Translation: That is why we are sticking to our goal that the volunteer work of the members of the volunteer fire departments and disaster response should be reflected in their pensions.

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Placement

Economyleaning more state
An additional publicly funded pension benefit for a limited group gradually expands public benefits.

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