Grand coalition : The SPD is in dispute, the basic pension in advantage

Who followed the coalition dispute over Hubertus salvation basic pensions-concept, can easily get on the wrong track. At first glance, the labour Minister seems to be pursuing a social democratic project, which is the Union cross in the neck. The political Battle is more complicated. Here is a little history of the basic pension.

At the beginning of the "grant retirement". Under this Heading a CDU-work developed in 2011, the Minister, namely, Ursula von der Leyen, the idea that now as a "basic pension" in the coalition agreement: Who has worked for a long time, or children and family care, should not have to live in the age of the basic fuse, but ten percent over the Minimum. In the contract, however, is also set: the requirement of a means test according to the basic security"".

in 2011, there were Dauerzoff

want to leave out salvation. The loudest Protest the CSU collects. To whom this sounds familiar: Leyens Plan fell in the Dauerzoff of the black-yellow coalition of the opposition Christian social victim, the oppressed, your favorite mothers pension. Both lacked the money at the time.

this time, the financing also plays an important role. Salvation critics calculate that without examining the needs of up to four million people would be entitled to the new benefit, including many that are secured by assets or spouse. This could cost the state up to a two-digit billion sum. In the case of a strict needs test is far less beneficiary remained, however, left an estimated 150,000 people.

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order Good options for a compromise there. As is already provided for in the coalition agreement, that residential property should also stay in the basic pension. No old person should have to sell his small house so that helps a community of solidarity to him. That could be expand, for example, by the assets – currently a minimum of 3850 euros – or the limits for additional income further increased. to

poverty demonstrate

But healing is unworthy, it is declared a matter of principle. That is a retiree to do after a long working life with barren wages in the office and there is also the piggy Bank must be empty, to his poverty to prove, is not only unworthy of it. It is also a lot of pensioners keep already of their claims. In addition, the SPD refers slyly to the fact that the CSU mothers pension is disappearing, also without Watch of the account balance to poor mothers, as well as the often-cited dentist's wife, in a Prime residential location on the Starnberger see.

Behind the salvation of people-friendly grounds to suspect that some in the CDU and CSU, however, a Trick of the very bad variety: The social Democrat, it is put on to the triumph of either, or to deliver to the SPD a plausible-sounding excuse for lousy results for instance in Europe - and Bremen-election at the end of may from the Grand coalition to get out. That such be denied in addition to thoughts in the SPD not only increases the resentment in the Union.

For the Ost-CDU, there will be an election issue

But specifically for the CDU, there is no Option to switch on in turn to be stubborn. At the Executive Board meeting in January in Potsdam, the East-country associations requested that the labour Minister had to finally come in the corridors, so that the basic pension is before the fall in the official Gazette. Then in Brandenburg, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, elected in the country in a new way. Especially in the East, many pensioners and particularly pensioners hope – after the collapse of the East German economy never more the Chance of a life-long full-time job were on the increase. And the Ost-CDU hopes with them at a popular Election issue.

The AfD does not want an ally of the man

If the salvation is relying on a lot of allies in the Union, he has in addition to the CDU-social wing and its chief, Karl-Josef Laumann also Mike Mohring from Thuringia, Michael Kretschmer from Saxony and Ingo Senftleben from Brandenburg in mind. A reluctant ally. The AfD has so far lived well by the refugee dispute. But since the topic has somewhat disappeared from the headlines, suspect electoral strategists in the case of the CDU and SPD, that the competition from the right could pick up a second leg to stand on as a socio-political Small-people-party.

The SPD stands for a promise, the Union for the prevention

is Actually for both of the major parties with an interest in a reasonable property, plant and compromise. Finally, the AfD threatened in the state of Brandenburg and Thuringia, the SPD-led or participated in state governments. But the social Democrats are at a tactical advantage: they stand for a promise – the Union for its prevention. Their Argument that the waiver of the means test is the use the Wrong, to be caught in the new länder is likely to be particularly bad – notable villas were there is in the lakes of the former brown coal areas. The second counter-argument, now is the securing of jobs expensive must approach social action, where it triggers anyway, only bitter laughter.

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The social Democrat, as carers, the Christian Democrats as the hard-hearted penny Pincher – so unfair, the image alone from the history of the basic pension, so it would be hard in the election campaign. The largest intra-party expectations, therefore, of the new CDU-Chairman. Salvation unfriendly rule is for Annegret Kramp-mill karrenbauer a first Zwick.