Bleak demographics and short average work weeks could come to haunt Europe’s largest economy

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Merz’s coalition must persuade younger generations to surrender more of their free time to support Europe’s largest economy

The coalition between Merz’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democrats have, in their treaty which defines the political agenda until the next election, committed to incentives to persuade Germans to increase their working hours, and to delay retirement.

  • Kornblumenratte@feddit.orgEnglish
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    18 hours ago

    I’d wager extending work hours decreases productivity. There are lots of reasons why this will happen, let alone the demotivating loss of leisure time.