The headline on the cover stated that there would, in future, be no getting away from occupational retirement provision. As you, Commissioner, will have seen from having read the new German Government’s working agreement, two substantial paragraphs of which are devoted to securing the old age pension system, this has become no less important an issue in the years since the directive was drafted and adopted.
Comme vous l’aurez constaté, Monsieur le Commissaire, en lisant la convention du travail du nouveau gouvernement allemand, dont deux paragraphes substantiels visent à consolider le système des pensions de vieillesse, cette problématique n’a nullement perdu de son importance dans les années consécutives à la préparation et à l’adoption de la directive.