Madrid (EFE) of PP, Vox and Citizens.
The norm, which will be processed as a bill, reaches Congress with the support of the unions and Brussels, and fulfills one of the milestones committed to the fourth disbursement of European funds associated with the recovery plan.
The reform, with numerous measures to increase income, seeks to guarantee the “sustainability, sufficiency and equity” of the pension system in view of the peak in spending scheduled for the end of 2040 with the retirement of the so-called “baby boom” generation, according to has defended the Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations, José Luis Escrivá.
Together with the reinforcement of income, via increases in contributions, mainly for the highest salaries, the reform includes measures to reduce the gender gap and the possibility of choosing to maintain the current calculation period of 25 years to calculate the pension or the progressive model of 29 years discarding the two worst.
The validation will add to the votes of PSOE and Podemos, those of EH Bildu, ERC, PDeCat, Más País or Compromís, while the PNV has advanced that it will not vote against but has not clarified whether it will be a vote in favor or abstention.
Faced with this majority, the reform will be rejected by PP, Vox and Ciudadanos.
The spokesperson for the PP, Cuca Gamarra, has confirmed that her group remains against the reform, because for the moment they have not received information from the Government that attests that the pension reform will guarantee the sustainability of the system.
From Ciudadanos they also confirmed their “no” to a reform that they call a “robbery” and being “a patch” for the system and from Vox they have maintained their rejection of the measures included in the norm.