All retirement age articles
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Germany’s liberal party plan to scrap early retirement rule sparks row with democrats
Social democratic party rejects any proposal to increase retirement age
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Germany’s FDP proposes reworking pension reform with flexible retirement age
Comments made by Christian Dürr, head of the liberal party’s parliamentary group, add a further source of attrition on pension policy among coalition partners
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Austria sees slow closure of first pillar gender pension gap
Self-employed women in Austria are worse-off when retiring than employed women
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German government to start talks on longer working life with social partners
The government has also abolished earning limits for employees who opt for early withdrawal of statutory pensions to keep older employees at work
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Swiss actuaries back initiative to increase retirement age
The Renteninitiative, as it is called, was launched by the Young Liberals (Jungfreisinnige) to increase the retirement age of men and women to 66 years old
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Full employment won’t solve Swiss first pillar structural deficit, study finds
Higher participation in the labour market alone cannot compensate for baby boomers retiring
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Italian think tank calls for political ‘non-aggression pact’ to reform pension system
Itinerari previdenziali proposes ‘superbonus’ for those who decide to work until 71
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Italian government plans pension reform for longer working life
Giorgia Meloni’s government is close to abolish the ‘Fornero law’, despite having defined more stringent requirements for early retirement, says Claudio Durigon
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German government plans to stick to early retirement rule
Requests for early retirement have grown to 288,491, as of November last year, from 181,871 in July 2014
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Migros Pensionskasse ups members’ retirement age in line with reform
MPK plans to increase retirement age to 65 years old by three months per year from 2025 to 2028
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CDU pension plans leave open questions
Draft party programme tackles retirement age and life expectancy, but falls short on specify details
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Macron’s reform paves way for development of French second- and third-pillar pension
The rationale of the reform is simple: the rising life expectancies combined with decreasing birth-rate have accelerated the aging of the French population
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Excessive Danish pensions are a problem, says former Danica chief
Lobby group warns against changing Denmark’s “finely-calibrated” pensions model
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Macron presses ahead with controversial pension reforms
The government will require companies to incentivise workers to stay at work beyond age 60 by improving the quality of their working lives
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Chancellor Scholz opens up discussions on early retirement
A flexible retirement age would give individuals options for a transition to retirement and in turn making the possibility to work longer more attractive
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Danish pension lobby calls for public sector workers retention effort
IPD argues earlier retirement ages in public sector puts pressure on welfare
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UK Treasury urged to reinvest £1bn to help savers
Last rise in state pension age also led to increases in rates of poverty and unemployment
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Swiss roundup: Reform mitigates AHV deficit
Plus: Cabinet in the dark on Russian assets; Crypto futures on SIX exchange
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UK roundup: PDP picks potential providers
Plus: PPF’s new levy measure; PLSA’s ‘pensions dashboard’ guide; Buy-in deal for Legal & General; Second state pension age review
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Swiss parliament’s committee sets compromise for first pillar reform
Committee votes in favour of pension supplement to compensate women whose retirement age increases in transition phase