Merkel’s CDU split by strategy over pensions

Article reports that Angela Merkel’s decision to raise pension payments for the next two years has threatened to become a political hazard for the German chancellor, April 2008, as a ferocious debate erupted in her party about whether to increase benefits for retirees even further.

ESO: Background information http://www.europeansources.info/record/germany-to-raise-pensions-benefits-for-20m/

Deutsche Bank Research: Talking Point, 28 April 2008: Answer to increasing poverty among the elderly is higher participation, not more redistribution http://www.dbresearch.com/servlet/reweb2.ReWEB;jsessionid=4C7BB5DF8A9F37D14501ADBB3DAF2C6A.srv12-dbr-com?rwkey=u53636461

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