Press Statement Irresponsible Pension Policy

Regarding the postponement of Pension Package II, Hans-Jürgen Urban, a member of the IG Metall Executive Board responsible for social policy, says: “The FDP’s obstructionist tactics are irresponsible. Workers expect certainty and commitment from policymakers. Procrastination and partisan maneuvering on fundamental social issues like pensions destroy all trust.” 

Urban on the FDP Executive Committee’s resolution regarding the “Five-Point Paper”: “The FDP is disparaging the lifetime achievements of people who have worked for many years. With its ever-new demands for social cuts, it is demonstrating suspicion and ignorance. The ‘retirement at 63’ that the FDP is fighting against no longer even exists for workers. Anyone who wants to deny retirement to long-term insured individuals is simply pitting generations against one another.”