Euskaraz irakurri: Minister in Kontseiluak pentsio in erreforma onartu du

The Government has approved in an extraordinary Council of Ministers the last part of the pension reform, which includes increases in maximum bases and contributions, improvements in minimum pensions and the establishment of a dual model to calculate the pension, which will give the option to choose between the last 25 years of contributions or 29 years, discarding in this case the two worst.

“The modernization of our pension system culminates and we shield the purchasing power of all present and future pensioners”, highlighted the Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations, Jose Luis Escrivain the press conference after the council.

Escrivá has ensured that the reform “guarantees pensions, ensures purchasing power” and, all this, “within an absolutely robust framework of sustainability”. Likewise, he has indicated that in the reserve fund, the so-called “pension piggy bank“, it will reach around 120 billion euros in the early 2040s.

According to the minister, savings will begin to be used from the beginning of the 1930s to the 1950s to protect pensions during the years of greatest demographic pressure.

Agreement on widow’s pensions between EH Bildu and the Ministry of Social Security

In addition, EH Bildu has reached an agreement with the Ministry of Social Security to increase the minimum widow’s pensions and make them equal to the contributory retirement pensions.

Specifically, the agreement consists of increasing widowhood pensions in 2024 from 40 euros per month for individual pensions, to 126 euros more per month for widowhood with a dependent spouse. The increase implies an increase of between 1,775 and 3,800 euros for four years.

The group’s spokesperson in Congress, Mertxe Aizpurúa, has celebrated this agreement, which it has described as a “very important” advance and a “substantial” and “structural” improvement. Widow’s pensions are currently, along with non-contributory pensions, the lowest pensions.

The agreement between Bildu and the Government comes after the Minister of Inclusion, José Luis Escrivá, opened up to process the pension reform decree as a bill, so that the groups can introduce changes to the text.

Source: Eitb

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