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Spring Report 2026

– The report discusses social insurance schemes in Germany and health and long-term care insurance. It focuses on the question of to what extent the expected increase in contribution rates will affect the economic outlook and how this impact can be mitigated.

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Reforming the social insurance schemes

– The already weak economy is being hampered by the current energy supply shock. Demographic ageing is intensifying the pressure on social insurance schemes leading as their expenditures are rising faster than the contribution-based revenues.

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Spring Report to be published on 27 May

– The GCEE will publish its third Spring Report on 27 May focussing on the social insurance schemes in Germany.

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Council Members

Prof. Gabriel Felbermayr, Ph.D.

In the Council since March 2026

Professor of Economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business

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Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm

In the Council since April 2020

Professor at the Technical University of Nuremberg (UTN) and Head of the Energy Systems and Market Design Lab. Member of the National Hydrogen Council of the Federal Government.

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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Monika Schnitzer, Chair

In the Council since April 2020

Professor of comparative economics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU).

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Prof. Dr. Achim Truger

In the Council since March 2019

Professor of Socioeconomics, with a focus on government activity and public finances, at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

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Prof. Dr. Martin Werding

In the Council since September 2022

Professor of Social Policy and Public Finance at the Ruhr University Bochum (RUB).

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