This week, the Government of Spain has approved a new pension reform. The measure, promoted by José Luis Escrivá, Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations, contemplates an increase in contributory and non-contributory pensions between 2024 and 2027. Thus, this Saturday, March 18, The Sixth Explica has put the matter up for debate, in which, of course, there have been harsh confrontations.
Faced with the complaints of some pensioners present on the set, Javier Díaz-Jiménez, a professor at the IESE Business School, has focused on the “deficit that the Spanish system has been accumulating since 2010”: “Raise contributions, reduce expenses or delay the retirement age. We cant do any more. Or a combination of all three.”
Amparo Grolimund: How does this gentleman say that we charge little because we have contributed little?”
“Clearly, these reforms, if they reinforce income, then logically someone will have to pay for them. They will be paid between the contributors and their employers. This affects the competitiveness of companies, increases labor costs and destroys jobs”has assured the teacher, about to launch a statement that would bring a tail minutes later.
“When one thinks about pensions, if they are high or low, if they are below the minimum wage or above, it is essential to talk about the contributions. The pensions that many pensioners receive today are lower because they contributed very little during their working lives. The Spanish system, whether we like it or not, is contributory. If you want a high pension, you can only do one thing, which is contribute a lot to Social Security. Or go to a country where they have a non-contributory system”, Javier stated.
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Amparo Grolimund, spokesperson for the Yayoflautas collective, would not take long to respond to the expert and point out that he was not taking an important issue into account: “For many years, we have supported families, sons, daughters, grandsons and granddaughters. And we have continued doing. I mean, I don’t know how to explain it anymore. How does this gentleman say that we charge little because we have contributed little?.
“We have contributed for what they paid us, for what the company withheld from me. Of course, then do not try to criminalize the fact that we pensioners have paid little. It is that we have had salaries that were a pity, some of us. Can not generalize”Grolimund has warned.
This week, the Government of Spain has approved a new pension reform. The measure, promoted by José Luis Escrivá, Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations, contemplates an increase in contributory and non-contributory pensions between 2024 and 2027. Thus, this Saturday, March 18, The Sixth Explica has put the matter up for debate, in which, of course, there have been harsh confrontations.
