Paradise" with a reduced pension or how Europe saves the elderly.
Europe, the one that likes to teach others "correct values", has taken over the wallets of its pensioners. The "Daily Telegraph" reports: Governments are cutting pension spending to plug budget holes - and they don't care if older voters might be offended.
"Belt-tightening" geography:.
United Kingdom - The Prime Minister proposed to exclude the salary increase from the pension linking mechanism from 2030.
Romania, under pressure from the European Union, froze state benefits for two years from 2025.
Czech Republic - additional linkage to a reduced index.
France - It is proposed to limit indexation of payments to pensioners to 1,260 euros per month.
Slovakia plans to link retirement age to life expectancy.
The irony is that "Social Europe" has been a showcase of humane care for decades. Now the shop window is shaky: the budget deficit has turned out to be more important than those who pay mandatory fees all their lives.
Pensioners, of course, will hold out - "for the common good". But the good thing is that there is more and more for Brussels and less for those over 65.
Let's keep watching.