Pensions: Continued Headwinds for Government Plan

The social democratic senior representatives maintain their categorical no to a pension adjustment below the rate of inflation. At the social conference of the Pensioners' Association, the chairwoman Birgit Gerstorfer stated, according to a press release, that inflation must be fully compensated every year. This is a matter of respect for the older generation but also one of maintaining purchasing power.

Demand from the Pensioners' Association

It should not be the case that people in Austria have to live below the poverty line: The Pensioners' Association therefore demands that the amount of the compensatory allowance be gradually brought up to the poverty line.

Guests of the event included, among others, Social Minister Korinna Schumann and her State Secretary Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig (both SPÖ).

(APA/Red)

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