As a duke commission become committee admits 2003 under the direction of Federal President a.D. novel duke a document with suggestions on the reform of the German social security compiled, which became the basis of a CDU program.

Participant

Professor Dr. Peter Albrecht of the University of Mannheim

Hermann Josef Arentz at that time chairmen of the CDA

Professor Dr. Maria chairman of the woman union in the CDU

Dr. Reinhard (CDU) as representatives of the employers

Professor Dr. Paul Kirchhof of the University of Heidelberg

Karl Josef Laumann, in the meantime chairmen of the CDA and Ministers for work, health and social in North-Rhine/Westphalia

Silke sound racquet (CDU), minister for social in Hessen

Friedrich Merz, at that time deputy chairmen of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group

Laurenz Meyer, at that time Secretary-General of the CDU

Professor Dr. Georg Milbradt (CDU), Prime Minister of the country Saxonia

Hildegard Mueller (CDU)

Dr. Herbert Ri, president of the Federal Social Insurance Institution for employees

Refuge Seehofer (CSU), in the meantime Federal Ministers for agriculture and consumer protection

Dr. Norman van Scherpenberg, a.D.

Dr. Ursula of the Leyen (CDU), at that time minister for social in Lower Saxony, in the meantime federal minister for family and youth

and others.

Political meaning

On behalf of Angela Merkel made, the report of the commission treats the topics unemployment insurance, old age pension insurance, health insurance and nursing care insurance before the background of the demographic change in Germany. Found a set of new beginnings entrance into the report, for example the uncoupling of the ancillary wages of the expenditures within the health range, Kapitaldeckung in the nursing care insurance and gradual rise of the legal pension entrance age. The economical effects of the suggestions were modelled by an advisor team of the company McKinsey. On 30 September 2003 in Berlin the report was submitted with special interest of medium in the federal press conference. It concerned the counterpart of the opposition as it were for the report of the commission, that had met on behalf the Federal Government of Gerhard Exactly two months after the publication the report on the Federal Party Congress of the CDU in Leipzig became as it were the basis of an electioneering program. Observers commentated that Angela Merkel with this step had taken over also contentwise the guidance of the CDU. However early separating of refuge Seehofer from the commission was a sign of the arguments, which there between CDU and CSU should be around the reform of the public health policy.

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