German CDU party marks retirement age as priority in pension policy plan

The German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party has placed increasing retirement age on top of its list of priorities for its pension policy programme, if it wins the general election next year. “Adjusting the retirement age to life expectancy must be [included] both in the government programme and in the party’s manifesto (Grundsatzprogramm),” said Gitta Connemann, chair of the Mittelstands und Wirtschaftsunion (MIT), the pro-business political association of the CDU and its ally Christian Social Union (CSU), in an interview with the Frankfurter...