The Danes will soon work up to 70
The Danes will soon work up to 70 – in Switzerland, retirement age 66 ranges from 2030 from 2030
A comprehensive reform of the AHV is overdue. Minister of Social Affairs Elisabeth Baume-Schneider presents lazy excuses instead of effective measures.
The Danish parliament decided with 81 against 21 votes: the retirement age will be increased to 70 years by 2040. Denmark’s residents are currently retiring at 67.
In Switzerland, Minister of Social Affairs Elisabeth Baume-Schneider (SP) explains to the « Blick »: A large structural reform of the AHV could not propose the Federal Parliament because she lacked « qualitative data ».
This is an embarrassing excuse. Baume cutter plays for time. The social democrat does not want to bring the impending high deficiency in the pension system with an increase in retirement age. You have ahead of steering even more money into the system – with higher wage deductions and a further increase in VAT.
These are not social measures. The increasing life expectancy calls for an increase in retirement age. The Danes have noticed this for a long time.
It takes exceptions for people in physically demanding jobs
Now one can object: The Swiss voting voters clearly rejected a higher retirement age in March 2024. Isn’t it a Zwängerei to bring the topic back on the tapet?
No. A little over a year ago, the question was whether the increasing life expectancy should be linked to retirement age. The Swiss did not want this automatism.
With the 13th pension, the problems of the AHV accentuate. It is already overstretched because the generation of baby boomers retires. What speaks about increasing retirement age in Switzerland from 2030 to 66 years?
Nothing. It takes exceptions for people who work in physically demanding professions. Apart from that, it is clear: Switzerland cannot ignore the gratifying fact that people live longer. And politics has to stop transferring more and more money from younger to older generations. This is harmful to social cohesion.
Three quarters of all companies in this country are active in the service sector. The retirement age 66 is not a problem for their employees. They still have to work much less long than the responsible Danes do.
