“We have completed the modernization of the pension system,” defended Minister Escrivá when signing the agreement on the reform together with the secretaries-general of the CCOO and UGT, who made ugly the absence of employers in this pact.
Euskaraz irakurri: Espainiako Gobernuak UGT and CCOO sindikatuekin en Bruselaren babesarekin amaitu du pentsioen erreforma
The Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, José Luis Escrivá, released the last bloc of the pension reformagreed within the coalition government, with the support of Brussels and with the support of the trade unions.
Two years after concluding the first agreement on pensions, which again linked it to inflation, among other things, the Spanish government has managed to meet the milestones promised to Brussels for the new disbursement of funds with a series of measures aimed at improving the system’s incomes to ensure its “sustainability, fairness and adequacy”.
“We have completed the modernization of the pension system,” Escrivá defended this Wednesday at the signing of the reform agreement with the secretaries-general of CCOO and UGTUnai Sordo and Pepe Álvarez, who made ugly the absence of the employers in this pact.
The CEOE last Monday said goodbye to a reform it says will hurt jobs and criticized the government’s “debt-debt-gluttony”.
Among the unions, both Álvarez and Sordo have welcomed the measures included in a reform that “guarantees” the future of “sufficient” pensions.
“We are giving young people a medium- and long-term reference,” emphasized Escrivá, who appreciated the work done with the unions and within the coalition government and hoped to add maximum parliamentary support to push through the reform.
Commission of the Pact of Toledo in Congress
In this sense, Secretary Escrivá has offered the Toledo Pact committee in Congress to treat the pension reform as a bill, which the government wants to approve first through a decree before entering into force.
During his appearance in this committee and after criticism from various political groups on the way the reform was negotiated, Escrivá raised this possibility so that the political groups can make changes to the text around various elements of the new pension framework.
As for the positioning of the parliamentary groups, two of the fundamental partners for the processing of the standard, Esquerra Republicana (ERC) and EH Bildu, have endorsed the reform, although they have not yet finalized their position. Thus Inaki Ruiz de Pinedo, of EH Bilduacknowledged that “very important steps” have been taken with the reform finally presented, in fact related to not extending the period for calculating pensions.
However, the deputy has also warned of “shortcomings” that they hope to correct in their parliamentary step, such as the fact that there are pensions below 1080 euros of the Minimum Interprofessional Salary.
Commission spokesperson GDPÍñigo Bariandaran, has pointed out negatively the non-integration of some provisions related to the contributions of the self-employed in the cooperative sphere, which is one of the “key features” of the Basque economy.
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Source: EITB
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