The state premiers Michael Kretschmer (Saxony), Sven Schulze (Saxony-Anhalt) and Mario Voigt (Thuringia) have drawn up a list of demands for the federal government. They plan to officially present it on Thursday at a meeting at Lake Geiseltal. In the document, they call for retaining the full pension after 45 years of contributions without deductions. According to information from MDR AKTUELL, the state leaders demand: “Anyone who has paid in for 45 years has paid enough. We will not give up this principle.”
Additionally, the three CDU politicians demand that the co-payments for inpatient care take into account the individual financial capacity of those affected. The premiers want the financial burden on those in need of care to be predictable and limited. They also aim to strengthen home care by creating reliable relief services and reducing bureaucracy.
Another point in their list of demands is the reform of tax law, which should be consistently family-friendly. This includes relief for families with three or more children, up to exempting one parent from income tax.
The premiers emphasize that reforms must consider the different starting conditions in eastern and western Germany. They point out that incomes in the east are lower, inheritances are rarer, and the population is older. The paper, which MDR AKTUELL has seen, states: “Eastern Germany is the ‘early warning system of the republic’.”
The list of demands notes that anyone who wants nationwide sustainable reforms must first examine how they affect the eastern German states. The premiers aim to ensure that the specific challenges in eastern Germany are not ignored.
Source: Tagesschau
