Overview
- Reiner Holznagel, who outlined the push Saturday, set a target of well under one million people with Beamtenstatus, down from about two million.
- He said only sovereign roles such as police, courts, and parts of tax administration should keep lifetime civil-service status, with schools urged to use regular contracts.
- He argued the state saves on pay up front with Beamte, then faces much higher pension bills decades later as those lifetime obligations come due.
- He called for deeper subsidy cuts of 10% rather than the 5% floated by CDU figure Jens Spahn, plus automatic end dates so state aid expires without new votes.
- He rejected folding Beamte into statutory social insurance, saying more contributors would also create more pension claims and higher payouts.