Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung

Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (F.A.S.) is a prominent German Sunday newspaper, part of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.) media group. Recent news highlights the newspaper's involvement in cultural and political discourse. Firstly, F.A.S. is collaborating with F.A.Z. and the Thalia bookstore chain on a reading project called "Gemeinsam Lesen" (Reading Together), currently featuring Hannah Häffner's novel "Die Riesinnen." This initiative demonstrates the newspaper's commitment to promoting literature and cultural engagement. Secondly, the newspaper recently published an interview with Walter Riester, the namesake of the Riester pension scheme, who criticized the German government's new retirement savings plan. Riester argued for mandatory contributions to lower distribution costs. This highlights F.A.S.'s role as a platform for critical analysis of important socio-political issues like pension reform.