Retirement law angers unions

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GERMANY - Union members within the German Federation (DGB) protested outside the Bundestag (parliament) today as the lower house passed a law raising the retirement age from 65 to 67 by a vast majority.

If passed by the upper house, the retirement age will gradually rise from 2012 until it reaches the new agreed level in 2029. Unions have voiced their anger at the move by Angela Merkel’s coalit...

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