{"id":492993,"date":"2026-06-24T08:58:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T08:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/492993\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T08:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T08:58:27","slug":"germanys-leader-pledges-to-reform-a-creaking-pension-system-and-says-failure-is-not-an-option-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/492993\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany&#039;s leader pledges to reform a creaking pension system and says &#039;failure is not an option&#039; &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxQNmdzdzE0by1GSU82ZDB2QTFLbDJxdkR5cjQxS3dVVjVwTXVXTjRQY29SMVlhZ0FwR0cxR3NwaXlQcXlfS0Y5ajY4Z1RHTWNVMWQ5eG5OOUhWYkpsMXpITnotSGVFbmNDMDJaUXBlVHUtZnhTRGdHQ2V2MDJwN2pGU0N2UUdfSzhBbTlIMmhLYzM5SXBGUVNhQl9wT0pZUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Germany&#8217;s leader pledges to reform a creaking pension system and says &#8216;failure is not an option&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxPbTBGd3pnanV6bnRWTzR5ek9JQ09TT3NpSnFBcFpZQXN0ZzZYZV8tRjctNGpYUjZJc3JUejNEQ09kRDhGd20tZHdadTBLVk4tdGE4Qm13aW16QzFDQ3R4NTBFSU1hRnJLS1NxczM4cGgwMWhzaHZ0ZUxaS2xVd0RHTHp5LVNqZlp2eVUxVnFkZFNWTjJ1QVc4YmJ4UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Merz backs plans to raise Germany\u2019s retirement age to 70 in pension changes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxNcmVnTDVwNkM2RHBnVjIwRVY2Y0J1cGxGeTlGdElOcnBPTU5qNS1RcU1HVmdjemZ4UGhrOVZjd2VPRFNiRkNocW9tMVgwZ0w1RG5pbVFyd3ZzX0s5ekpFLUZsekQxUGRQWHZzN21JV2NOMFN1emhZaGRkZ2dqRFBhNW8xTzVSSHp4YlNqcGt0UE1zVWNIdi0tWFdiZ1RPeUVXMTJmc2dPTVZBS0xjVUt0MWJmVnlnOWNxM3A0RWhoUU0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">German commission proposes older retirement age and state pension fund, sources say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxOa0duNzJzNi1TdXRwYmtiNEhVc2x4Z29IQmU1ejVHaWk3OENCUXcydWhGUmFFTENBRzlmeWhYWVNVclVHNzFNQWZTZnNzUUFNa01sOUJ2N0p4V2UzZlBaQTZuZXJyZlFzaks1TlpwSVJVbHNCNy1sclB1Um91bExzVTZKcVlpSFdCQXpTbDVoaWNxWjJTN2Z4OUp0OA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Germany news: Pension overhaul may push retirement age to 70<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;dw.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Germany&#8217;s leader pledges to reform a creaking pension system and says &#8216;failure is not an option&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffMerz backs plans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[138,246,111,43,139,69,244,245],"class_list":["post-492993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-finance","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}