Budget 2026: Increasing the contribution of retirees, a fair but risky measure

Rather than freezing pensions as his predecessor had proposed before being overthrown, Prime Minister François Bayrou could be tempted to receive the 10% tax rebate for pensioners, a decision that should not please his LR allies who covet this electorate.

Informational meetings with older adults, workers’ unions, social organizations and dissemination on the ground, are part of the activities of the territorial deployment initiated by the Government to publicize the main benefits and implementation of the Pension Reform. In this regard, the Seremi del Trabajo y Previsión Social, Francisco Brizuela, announced [...]

The fact that the austerity package of the Dreierkoalition also includes pensions makes for excitement. This is not really justified.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The government will oppose a proposal by ANO MPs to repeal pension reform in the Constitutional Court (ÚS). At today's meeting, it unanimously approved to enter the proceedings as an intervener and will propose the rejection or rejection of the motion, Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS) told reporters. YES in court argues for continuous violations of the Rules of Procedure of the House when passing the law, and also attacked th…

Reading time 3 minutesSince 1 July 2023, care insurance has been subject to new rules, whereby care contributions are stepped up depending on the number of children. Childless people pay a supplement of 0.6 percentage points, while parents benefit from contribution reductions. However, many pensioners do not know that they may be affected by this because they are already retired. For those who care for children under 25 years of age, there is a …

The government will be busy again with the pension reform. It will be addressed due to the initiative of the opposition movement ANO to cancel this reform. The cabinet has a proposal on the agenda to join the proceedings at the Constitutional Court as a secondary participant.