pension reform

The undecided presidential candidate even had a film of himself boasting about the reform broadcast, so that not all the credit for burdening the Social Insurance Fund with an addition bill of $50 million each year would not go to Labor Minister Marinosus Musiutas.

It is after all the Prez who decided that pension reform would consist of increasing pension payments without increasing the fund's revenue.

It was left to Mousioutas to tell us that every single one of the 123,000 pensioners will receive an increased amount paid to them.

And the press is demanding that the legislature approves the reform before the end of the year so that the 123,000 pensioners receive the extra dosh in 2027.

Finally,

you've effectively campaigned against your own Chancellor, against Chancellor Merz, by joining two other conservative CDU state leaders in opposing a key element of the proposed pension reform.

Scrapping retirement at 63 after 45 years of contributions.

Without going into detail, do the Chancellor's historically low approval ratings mean you need to distance yourself from him? He's currently scheduled to appear in your campaign just twice.