CDU/CSU youth leader accuses politicians of neglecting young people

Johannes Winkel, head of the youth wing of CDU/CSU, says politicians are neglecting young people. In an ARD poll, just 5% of respondents aged 18 to 34 said CDU/CSU represented young people’s interests, compared with 3% for SPD.

Winkel wants the government to implement a pension commission’s proposals and says they have already been fully agreed. SPD parliamentary leader Matthias Miersch disagrees, saying full implementation was not agreed but 30 of the 33 proposals are undisputed. The commission proposed ending retirement without pension deductions after 45 years of insurance contributions, a provision Miersch defends.