Next step in the pension debate: While senior representatives are demanding significant increases, Secretary of State for Youth Claudia Plakolm (ÖVP) warns of the consequences of continued pension increases.
The rise in prices is also causing emotions in the pension sector. There are 2.4 million seniors in the country. A powerful group. Purchasing power and especially a significant group of voters. The representatives demand considerable growth. Inflation must be compensated.
Pension increase: Kostelka wants 10 percent
Peter Kostelka (SPÖ) speaks of 10 percent, Ingrid Korosec (ÖVP) of the legal 5.8 percent including package. You have to wait and see what measures the government will take to fight inflation, she told krone.tv. “In the shopping basket for the most necessary things, i.e. what people need for food, for example, inflation accounts for 19%.”
Next appointment mid September
Negotiations with the government are underway. The next date is mid-September. Minister of Social Affairs Johannes Rauch (Greens) has already signaled a compromise.
Korosec: ‘Unlike us, young people have not yet experienced crises’
ÖVP Youth Secretary Claudia Plakolm said in an interview on krone.at: “We can’t always just increase pensions, that’s not fair to young people. The taxpayer who pays for this isn’t even born yet.”
She also gets feedback from many older people that they don’t need a ten percent increase. Korosec shows understanding: “Unlike us, young people have not yet experienced crises.”
Source: Krone
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