Asking because I’ve seen it mention a few times recently and haven’t really followed the German news.
What is the general situation? Are the polls giving any party favorite? Is it a topic widely discussed around you?
Asking because I’ve seen it mention a few times recently and haven’t really followed the German news.
What is the general situation? Are the polls giving any party favorite? Is it a topic widely discussed around you?
Yes and no.
Yes, the demographic problem hits the new pensioneers quite hard and they will experience a steep step when transitioning from wages to pensions. But that’s the general starting level. Net pensions (with the exception of a small dip at the hight of 2022’s inflation) grow faster than the inflation, slightly faster than wages in fact. So the older you are and the more you tend to just vote for the same parties you voted for all your life the more you are incentivised to ignore the accumulating problems these governments created as your pension are indeed stable.