What do the parties in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania say on pensions?

The AfD wants pension claims from the GDR's supplementary pension schemes to be recognized. In addition, women who were divorced in the GDR should no longer be worse off in their pensions. The program points to a growing risk of poverty among retirees.

Some people earned extra pension rights in East Germany. The AfD wants these rights to count. Women who were divorced in East Germany should get a fairer pension. The AfD says more and more retirees are at risk of poverty.

The Left wants everyone who works to pay into the statutory pension system, including civil servants, politicians and the self-employed. It opposes tying retirement provision more closely to capital markets. Health and long-term care insurance are also to be financed by everyone according to income.

Everyone who works should pay into the public pension system. That includes civil servants, politicians and self-employed people. Pensions should not depend on the stock market. Everyone should also pay into health and care insurance based on their income.

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 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.