Debate Over Mother's Pension Expansion
The proposed expansion of Germany's mother's pension has faced criticism from Gundula Roßbach, President of the Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund. Roßbach describes the plan as an exceedingly costly redistribution, estimating annual expenses at five billion euros. She contends that the financing for this expansion is absent from the coalition's preliminary agreement between CDU, CSU, and SPD.
Roßbach advocates for the federal government to cover these costs entirely through tax revenues. If not,..
