While much attention has been given recently to pension policy in France, it has gone almost unnoticed that the German cabinet has approved a pension package that could be significantly more costly than the French measures. This is further evidence that a big share of the German fiscal stimulus will be used to cover the rising costs of ageing rather than boosting economic activity.
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