Danish PM seeks halt to auto pension age rise

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is aiming to renegotiate the 2006 Welfare Agreement, which ties pension age increases to average life expectancy. She insists the current arrangement, set to raise the retirement age to 70 by 2040, isn’t sustainable and will not have the Social Democrats’ support in the next vote. Frederiksen, speaking for her party and not the government, desires a more equitable and gentle rise in pension age, though she lacks a detailed proposal at this point. She has informed coalition partners, but their stances are uncertain. A pensions commission in 2022 supported a more gradual and financially viable increase, and Frederiksen is now seeking to spark a broader discussion about future adjustments.