Ballooning Pension Payments for Public Servants, Says Audit Office - Soaring Pension Disbursements for Public Servants Reported by Court of Auditors
Title: Exploding Civil Servant Pensions: The Unchecked Financial Time-Bomb in Thuringia
Understanding the intricacies of civil servant pensions can get a bit dizzying, but hang in there, mate. Let's delve into the financial quagmire Thuringia finds itself in.
Thuringia's reluctance to financially prepare for skyrocketing civil servanth pensions, according to Thuringia's State Auditor President Kirsten Butzke, has been nothing short of shocking, she told the German Press Agency in Rudolstadt. This lack of precaution will inevitably continue to hamper Thuringia's financial flexibility, limiting resources for investments or projects like free school meals.
In the past decade alone, the state's pension payments to retired civil servants have almost tripled, ballooning from around 136 million euros in 2015 to about 450 million euros in 2024. Frighteningly, predictions indicate that annual payments could surge into the billions.
The Retirement Chill数年前，东德当地状份罗斯福斯坦（Thuringia）只有少校数量的 retired civil servants 。直到2010年，已有超过3,300个 retired civil servants ，2024年将接近16,000个。但实际上，潮水只是开始接触Permissions shores。根据预测，到2030年底，职阶涨出办公室屈指可及地步，推测假设有28,500名 retired civil servants，他们将靠着其所拥有的保障金来实现退休生活。
Expenses related to provision benefits are expected to escalate at a rapid pace compared to the rest of the state's expenses in the coming years, warns Butzke. The Audit Office estimates an annual increase of around ten percent, including salary adjustments. This translates to an annual increase of between 50 and 60 million euros in absolute terms. By the end of the 2030s, Thuringia is on track to spend around 1.2 billion euros per year on provision expenses.
"Thuringia is embracing the financial landscape of the old federal states, which have been spending between seven and ten percent of their adjusted income on provision benefits for years," said Butzke. Unfortunately, the Audit Office believes that the prudence taken to secure payments for civil servants prior to 2017 will require an impossible task to catch up with.
Renewed Provision for Pension Burden所以，状权面临的难题显然很重要，因为州差不多已经暂停了任何对这一危机的措施。从2018年起，每个新雇员所产生的州债务的清除金额是5,500欧元 / 年。由于疫情的四年（2020年、2021年和2022年），清除被停лта。从政审卫局的角度来看，在这些年份中，州还清了超过328百万欧元的债务。这允许州降低债务负担，扩大其财政zeugweite。
从政审卫局的角度看，在政务、法律和财政行政领域有 handful of justified and sensible civil service appointments. "在其他行政领域，民处兼驾的规定应该持续慎重cipline."
鉴于民处兼驾屃ы人的市场竞争性，例如教师，则应当禀奉后患花费，警告了威森半格的金融大多数商人。 "在民处兼驾人的处理期，净不要忽略其保障金的后患花费。"
Keywords: Civil Servant Pensions, Thuringia, Pension Payment, Rudolstadt, Provision, German Press Agency, Audit Office, Civil Servant's Pension, Civil Servants, Pension Burden, Old Federal States, State Auditor President Kirsten Butzke.
- The astronomical increase in Thuringia's pension payments to retired civil servants over the past decade, predicted to surge into the billions by 2030, has raised serious concerns about the state's financial stability, particularly in light of its rising civil servant pensions.
- In an interview with the German Press Agency in Rudolstadt, Thuringia's State Auditor President Kirsten Butzke expressed shock at the state's reluctance to financially prepare for the increased civil servant pensions, warning that this lack of precaution will severely hamper Thuringia's financial flexibility, limiting resources for investments or projects like free school meals.
- The issue of Thuringia's civil servant pensions, with expenses related to provision benefits expected to escalate at a rapid pace compared to the rest of the state's expenses in the coming years, has become a key concern for the state's Audit Office. The Office warns that the state is embracing the financial landscape of the old federal states, which have been spending between seven and ten percent of their adjusted income on provision benefits for years, and that the prudence taken to secure payments for civil servants prior to 2017 will require an impossible task to catch up with.
