Member States need to address the impact of the crisis on today’s pensioners. Long-term adequacy of pensions can only be guaranteed if a EU supervision and regulatory mechanism is set in place to control financial markets: trust needs to be rebuilt now!
Voicing the growing preoccupations expressed by thousands of pensioners at the grass-root level, AGE members would like to reiterate their call for strong state controlled pensions guaranteeing adequate income in old age. At a time when European governments will discuss and adopt the 2009 Joint Report on Social Protection and Social Inclusion, AGE would like to see a clear commitment from Member States to address the increasing inadequacy of pensions and to propose decisive measures to redress the financial crisis and the subsequent recession.
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Last Updated on Monday, 01 February 2010 16:09
