By Luigi Serenelli2020-12-11T10:09:00+00:00 The reform proposal presented by the Committee for Labour and Social Affairs of the Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) has sparked an intense debate on the future of the German pension system. An initial version of the document, which was unofficially circulated, was amended this month leaving several parties unsatisfied with the latest recommendations. “It is a shame that the CDU did not have the courage to include [in the proposal’s final version] employment insurance, which was originally in a draft. We could have worked well together [...