Overview
- The government’s health insurance reform has left cabinet and is scheduled for Bundestag debate next week, the most advanced item in the package.
- An expert rent commission will publish recommendations on 29 June and coalition leaders plan to meet on 30 June to seek political agreement on pensions, taxes and the 2027 budget.
- The German Trade Union Confederation has proposed a mandatory, employer‑co‑funded company pension to cover about 20 million workers who currently lack workplace plans.
- The Junge Union chair Johannes Winkel has urged cutting the legally based July pension rise from about 4.2 percent to 3 percent to free roughly €5 billion for BAföG and parental benefits.
- Business groups are urging a shorter summer recess so committees can finish laws, senior politicians warn against overloading the timetable, and an internal €3 billion hole plus low public trust add fresh pressure on the coalition.