The union has announced demonstrations in Bilbao and Pamplona on April 4 to reject the reform and demand a public pension system “that guarantees adequate income”.
Euskaraz irakurri: Pension erreformak murrizketak onartu eta 2011koak finkatzen dituela salatu du ELAk
The ELA union has denounced that the pension reform agreed by the Spanish government with the CCOO and UGT unions approves cuts, consolidates the cuts approved by Zapatero, UGT and CCOO in 2011, and makes it easier for them to get into to exist in the future.
ELA considers it essential to provide an answer and on April 4 announced demonstrations in Bilbao and Pamplona to reject this reform and “demand a public pension system that guarantees sufficient income”.
In a press conference held this morning in San Sebastián, ELA made an assessment of the pension reform. ELA Secretary General Mitxel Lakuntza has stated that “the official version of reform without austerity will not hold”. On the one hand, it has indicated that “the number of years taken into account for the calculation of the pension is extended to all persons under the age of 50”, which means a reduction in the amount of the pension. On the other hand, he has denounced that the Spanish government is trying to hide the fact that it is setting a spending limit on pensions. He added that from 2025 and every 3 years, the Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF), an organization whose purpose is to ensure the principle of fiscal stability, “may propose the measures it deems appropriate, opening the door for future cuts”.
Lakuntza stressed that while the Spanish government’s agreement with the EU to reform pensions has not been “fully implemented”, the Sánchez government had to go “further” to guarantee pensions of a “decent” amount”.
On the role of the left, Lakuntza has acknowledged that the reform would have been worse without the opposition of Unidas Podemos and EH Bildu, but encourages these parties to vote against “if the reform’s regressive elements are maintained and if they do not”. undoes the cuts of 2011″.
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Source: EITB
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