Germany's pension commission has recommended linking the retirement age to life expectancy from 2031 and adding a funded investment pillar, in the most far-reaching overhaul of the country's state pension in a generation. Chancellor Friedrich Merz has vowed to implement it in full, even as unions and the opposition revolt.
People in Luxembourg live longer than almost anyone in the EU and longer than all their cross-border neighbours, the latest Eurostat data show. But because roughly half the country's workers commute in from regions that live shorter lives, the longevity gap maps an imbalance as much as a triumph.
New Statec demographic projections suggest Luxembourg could reach one million residents by 2070, with migration driving growth and the average age rising sharply.
New STATEC projections push Luxembourg's population toward — and possibly past — one million by 2070, with migration rather than natural increase doing virtually all of the work.