
13.3 million are retiring – and Germany’s Plan B is just breaking away
Home Economy Status: 10.08.2026, 16:17 Comments We are following two thirds less immigration, 13.3 million pension entries by 2040 –..
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By 2040, 13.3 million workers are leaving the German labour market towards retirement, almost one in three workers by 2025. In the 20th century, Europe’s population declined by up to half – the result was exploding wages and bargaining power for peasants and craftsmen, against which even wage ceilings such as England’s “Statute of Labourers” 1351 remained powerless.
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By 2040, 13.3 million workers are leaving the German labour market towards retirement, almost one in three workers by 2025.
according to Frankfurter Rundschau +1In the 20th century, Europe’s population declined by up to half – the result was exploding wages and bargaining power for peasants and craftsmen, against which even wage ceilings such as England’s “Statute of Labourers” 1351 remained powerless.
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