Pension alarm: Seniors warn of the risk of poverty in Austria!

Pension alarm: Seniors warn of the risk of poverty in Austria!

In Austria, the discussion about pension scheme is bubbling! On December 3, 2024, the President of the Pensioners' Association, Peter Kostelka, warned of an impending “clear cut” among the pensions. According to his statements, future measures by business representatives, which both require a reduction in pension increases under the inflation rate and an increase in retirement age to 67 years, could lead to many seniors to slip into the infection of poverty, such as vienna.at reported.

The pensioner association, which is strongly connected to the SPÖ, refused the reforms demanded by politics and business. Kostelka made it clear: "We must not allow older people to lose their hard -earned pensions". An age -appropriate world of work must first be created, which enables seniors to work until the statutory retirement age. The ÖVP senior citizens' association, led by Ingrid Korosec, is also behind this approach and calls for an adaptation of the actual retirement age. Korosec emphasized the need for a social consensus to create age -appropriate jobs. Furthermore, she called for a relief for pensioners to do the voluntary work in the pension more attractive, such as