Due to the aging population, the German government is facing a dilemma: if the pension system is not reformed, pensions will be unsustainable  Policies to solve this dilemma include increasing the proportion of pension contributions, lowering the level of pension payments, and raising the retirement age  Among them, raising the retirement age has faced the greatest resistance, and governments that implement such a policy may lose a large number of votes in the next election
But the German government completed the legal process in 2007 to raise the retirement age from 65 to 67
The average life expectancy of Germans is now greatly improved, and retirees are receiving pensions for longer and longer