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Pension reform in sight: self-employed people should pay in soon!
The DRV is discussing the inclusion of civil servants in pension insurance, with a focus on the self-employed and financing effects.
Pension reform in sight: self-employed people should pay in soon!
The German Pension Insurance (DRV) is skeptical about the inclusion of civil servants in the statutory pension insurance. This question is at the center of a current dispute initiated by the new Labor Minister Bärbel Bas. The proposal envisages including civil servants, self-employed people and members of parliament in statutory pension insurance. The DRV President Gundula Roßbach supports the rapid integration of the self-employed, as a larger community of contributors enables a solidarity-based redistribution within social security.
However, involving civil servants is seen as a long-term process. Roßbach emphasizes that this must be well planned in order to avoid possible negative effects. The DRV hopes to achieve more stable financing of the pension system by including the self-employed, which would increase the number of contributors. Positive financing effects in the pay-as-you-go system are seen as playing a promising role with additional participation from certain groups of people.
Complexity in involving officials
However, the situation for civil servants is much more complex. A short-term relief could lead to higher pension claims, which is causing the DRV and economists to warn. They argue that involving civil servants may not have any positive financial effects for pension insurance in the long term. Roßbach cites Austria as an example, where the transition to the inclusion of civil servants can take up to a working life.
In order to avoid double burdens on the public sector, the DRV emphasizes that civil servants' contributions must be used to finance today's pensions. These considerations highlight the challenges associated with pension reform and make it clear that both the self-employed and civil servants should be included in the context of a comprehensive pension reform.
The discussion about pension financing is therefore in full swing. In this context, proponents and opponents of the involvement of civil servants must carefully consider the long-term consequences of their proposals. The DRV remains optimistic that a better financial basis can be created with the rapid inclusion of self-employed people, which could stabilize the future of statutory pension insurance. Further details on this topic can be found at fr.de and Mirror.