Germany: Will pensions standoff bring Merz's government into question?

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Germany: Will pensions standoff bring Merz's government into question?  At the annual meeting of the Junge Union, the joint youth organisation of the CDU/CSU ruling coalition, the divide between delegates and Merz widened — especially when it came to pension reform policy.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/16/germany-day-with-merz-will-pensions-become-the-governments-fateful-question  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00The crisis over pension reform in Germany is escalating.

00:04During his weekend speech, Chancellor Friedrich Merz backed the draft legislation of the pension reform,

00:10putting him at odds with the party's youth wing, which rejected the reform package.

00:15Facing pressure, Merz warned that he did not want a bidding war for the lowest pension level.

00:30The controversy over Germany's pension reform stems from the bill's provision to guarantee pension rises until 2031.

00:47According to the draft, additional cost of 120 billion euros would be incurred between 2032 and 2040.

00:55In October, some 18 members of parliament from Merz's ruling coalition, mostly from the CDU's party's young union,

01:03made it clear that they would not be voting in favor of the pension package in its current form.

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