More than 50,200 people have submitted applications for the new 'Arne pensions' since August last year. The scheme allows people aged 61 or older who have spent more than 42 years in the labour market to retire before the age of ...
Conservative party leader Søren Pape Poulsen has called is “pure socialism”, while conservative parties have also criticised it for reducing the labour force at a time of shortage. The Social Democrats announced a proposal to introduce an early retirement scheme a part of the party’s 2019 general election platform. The number of years needed on the labour market to qualify increases concurrently.