The goal of pension reform is slipping further and further out of reach.
“The Cabinet met today; the next meeting is next Tuesday, and the one after that is, I believe, Wednesday. We’ll see when the legal review is ready and proceed accordingly.”
Marinos Mousiouttas – Minister of Labor
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Although the Minister attributed the delay to the Legal Service and a delay in the legal review, however, the groundwork was not laid for the proposal to be accepted by the coalition partners. In fact, Marinos Mousiouttas deliberately chose to hold a new consultation with them today, while the Cabinet meeting was in progress.
“There will be more consultations than the one held 1.5–2 months ago with the social partners.”
Marinos Mousiouttas – Minister of Labor
Today’s session was a marathon. The social partners presented their proposals, and the Ministry’s responses will follow in subsequent sessions.
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“We did not enter this discussion to propose changes that would make the system less favorable for future generations.”
Sotiroula Charalambous – General Secretary of PEO
“We expect the Ministry of Labor to review our proposals and proceed with improving certain aspects of the proposed reform so that they function more fairly.”
Panikos Argyridis – Deputy General Secretary
According to Alpha, the social partner organizations will subject the proposal to internal consultation and will issue official positions on the proposed framework.
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