Key German big-business lobbyist urges major pension reforms

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2025-02-06

Berlin (dpa) - Germany's influential Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA) business lobby called for gradually raising the country's retirement age, less than two weeks ahead of nationwide elections. The pension age should be linked to life expectancy, BDA President Rainer Dulger told dpa on Thursday. The pension system needs stable revenue from worker contributions, which is "why we need to make the retirement age more dynamic."......

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