Pensions - Federal Cabinet decides to increase by 3.74% on 1 July

At its likely last meeting, the cabinet of Chancellor Scholz decided to increase pensions.

In 2026, the Federal Executive intends to allocate one billion 878 thousand 831 million pesos to 113 priority programs, which is equivalent to 20.2 percent of the total net expenditure paid for next year. However, according to the General Pre-Criteria of Economic Policy (Pre-CGPE 2026), three will take the bulk of the expenditure for the other year. The first will be the Pension Program for the Welfare of Older Persons, which will concentrate 5.…

The current federal government is probably only a few days in office. Now the cabinet decided – as planned – to increase pensions from the summer. Labour Minister Heil speaks of "performance equality".

To say goodbye, the traffic light coalition once again provides more money for pensioners: As a result, the Federal Cabinet introduced a noticeable increase in pensions.

Around 21 million pensioners can look forward to a little more money. With a standard pension, around 66 euros more per month will be available from July.

'No one is above the law in pension reform.' This was how Minister of Pensions Jan Jambon responded to the escalating confrontation between the judiciary and the government during question time in the House of Representatives on Wednesday.