Post by account_disabled on Feb 20, 2024 11:48:39 GMT
Last Monday, after Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba publicly rejected the pension reform proposed by the committee of experts formed by the Government, and proposed 'touching' the reserve fund and creating a coalition with the unions to jointly reject the measure, Joaquín Almunia came to the fore to contradict the general secretary of the PSOE . The European Commissioner for Competition rejected the position of the socialists and the plan to use public resources to guarantee pensions, and praised the decision of Rajoy and his Executive to " accelerate the pension reform ", since this measure was "urgent" for Spain. Well, as El Confidencial Digital has learned , Almunia's intervention, in which he went so far as to accuse those who rejected the pension reform of “looking the other way and playing ostrich politics,” did not sit well with Alfredo. Pérez Rubalcaba nor his team of collaborators . The Secretary General felt “logically upset” with the words of the European Commissioner, and wanted to convey that discomfort to him, as well as the position of the PSOE regarding the pension reform. Well-informed sources from the PSOE explain that “we have already discussed everything with Almunia.
We contacted him to explain that his words had bothered us internally .” Despite this disagreement, the relationship between the head of European Competition and Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba “continues intact” , since both will “maintain the dialogue they Special Database had to date”. As reported in these pages, the general secretary of the PSOE speaks by phone regularly with Almunia , as well as with Felipe González and Javier Solana , to ask them for advice on national and community policy. Almunia “goes on her own” The PSOE sources consulted by ECD relate the words of Joaquín Almunia in favor of the pension reform and against Rubalcaba's speech due to the current situation of the head of EU Competition . Thus, they consider that “ Joaquín is a few months away from ceasing to be European commissioner and wants to be remembered as a great manager at the community level.” The problem is that “ sometimes he forgets that he himself was general secretary of the PSOE and he goes it alone .” However, his attitude is “ understandable ” and will continue to be, in the opinion of these sources, “an asset” within the party.After weeks of speculation and waiting, the experts consulted by the Government to carry out a pension reform in accordance with the demands of Brussels, and that would also guarantee the survival of the system , presented their conclusions last Friday in Employment.
The report has already been analyzed, in a preliminary manner, by the components of the Toledo Pact Commission, who have publicly shown their support or rejection of the document , outlining only some of its parts. This newspaper has had access to the entire report, which defends the need to carry out an in-depth reform of the pension system, and proposes a series of new factors to calculate the benefit to retirees based on the economic situation due to that crosses the country. The current system is unsustainable According to the experts who prepared the report, the current pension system has “potential risks” that would cause, in the medium term, an imbalance in the treasury , due to the progressive aging of the population. Thus, the authors of the document warn that in the coming decades, very large population groups will reach retirement age , born in the 'baby-boom', between the late 1950s and the first half of the 1970s. . This phenomenon causes the weight of the population over 65 years of age in the total population to have grown in recent decades to the current 17% , and is expected to reach 37% in 2052 . On this last date, therefore, it is expected that one in three individuals will be over 65 years old. In absolute figures, the number of pensions provided by Social Security would go from the current 9 million to 15 million in.
We contacted him to explain that his words had bothered us internally .” Despite this disagreement, the relationship between the head of European Competition and Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba “continues intact” , since both will “maintain the dialogue they Special Database had to date”. As reported in these pages, the general secretary of the PSOE speaks by phone regularly with Almunia , as well as with Felipe González and Javier Solana , to ask them for advice on national and community policy. Almunia “goes on her own” The PSOE sources consulted by ECD relate the words of Joaquín Almunia in favor of the pension reform and against Rubalcaba's speech due to the current situation of the head of EU Competition . Thus, they consider that “ Joaquín is a few months away from ceasing to be European commissioner and wants to be remembered as a great manager at the community level.” The problem is that “ sometimes he forgets that he himself was general secretary of the PSOE and he goes it alone .” However, his attitude is “ understandable ” and will continue to be, in the opinion of these sources, “an asset” within the party.After weeks of speculation and waiting, the experts consulted by the Government to carry out a pension reform in accordance with the demands of Brussels, and that would also guarantee the survival of the system , presented their conclusions last Friday in Employment.
The report has already been analyzed, in a preliminary manner, by the components of the Toledo Pact Commission, who have publicly shown their support or rejection of the document , outlining only some of its parts. This newspaper has had access to the entire report, which defends the need to carry out an in-depth reform of the pension system, and proposes a series of new factors to calculate the benefit to retirees based on the economic situation due to that crosses the country. The current system is unsustainable According to the experts who prepared the report, the current pension system has “potential risks” that would cause, in the medium term, an imbalance in the treasury , due to the progressive aging of the population. Thus, the authors of the document warn that in the coming decades, very large population groups will reach retirement age , born in the 'baby-boom', between the late 1950s and the first half of the 1970s. . This phenomenon causes the weight of the population over 65 years of age in the total population to have grown in recent decades to the current 17% , and is expected to reach 37% in 2052 . On this last date, therefore, it is expected that one in three individuals will be over 65 years old. In absolute figures, the number of pensions provided by Social Security would go from the current 9 million to 15 million in.
