What do the parties in Saxony say on pensions?

The AfD wants no further increase in the retirement age and tax relief for retirees through a higher basic allowance. Time spent raising children and caring for relatives is to count more toward pensions, and eastern and western pensions are to be aligned. Politicians are to pay into a pension insurance themselves.

The AfD does not want to raise the retirement age further. Retirees should pay less tax. People who raise children or care for relatives should get more pension. Pensions in East and West should be equal. Politicians should also pay in for their pension.

The BSW wants to use the Bundesrat to push for a pension system modeled on Austria's, with all working people paying in. Statutory pensions below 2,000 euros would be tax-free, and the minimum wage would rise to at least 14 euros. The party argues that low wages lead to low pensions.

The BSW wants one pension fund for everyone. Civil servants and lawmakers should pay in too. Small pensions under 2,000 euros should stay tax-free. The minimum wage should go up to 14 euros or more.

The CDU wants to press the federal government for tax allowances so that retirees and retired civil servants can earn extra income more easily, and to advocate for stable pensions. In Saxony, older people are to be more involved and help for them is to be pooled at the municipal level.

The CDU wants retired people to earn extra money more easily. Tax breaks should help with that. Pensions should stay secure. Older people should have more of a say. Towns should offer help for them in one place.

The Left wants Saxony to join the federal hardship fund for unrecognized East German pension claims and wants the compensation at least doubled. The upward revaluation of eastern German wages in pension calculations is to stay until wages reach western levels.

Some pension claims from East Germany are not recognized today. The federal government has a hardship fund for this. Saxony should join it. Those affected should get at least twice as much money. Eastern wages should keep counting for more in pensions.

At the federal level, the Left wants to push for a pension level of 53 percent, an earlier retirement age and a minimum pension of 1,200 euros a month. This is to be financed by a pension insurance that civil servants, politicians and the self-employed also pay into.

The Left wants higher pensions across Germany. People should be able to retire at 65. After 40 years of paying in, they could retire at 60. Nobody should get less than 1,200 euros a month. Everyone should pay into the pension fund, including civil servants.

The SPD rules out raising the retirement age or lowering the pension level. It sees adequate retirement income as a central pillar of social security and social cohesion.

The SPD does not want to raise the retirement age. Pensions should not get smaller either. Older people should be able to live with dignity.

The SPD wants Saxony to add its own money to the federal hardship fund. In the platform's view, injustices remain from the transfer of East German pensions into the unified system, especially for women who were divorced in the GDR.

Some people from the former East Germany get a lower pension than others. This mostly affects women who got divorced there. The federal government has a fund to help them. The SPD wants Saxony to add money to it.