The most common reforms include increasing retirement ages and encouraging workers to stay in employment, either by punishing early retirement financially or rewarding working longer (Photo: Pexels)

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Who pays for Europe’s ageing? Inside the growing battle over pension reforms

Health & Society

Labour

by Wouter van de Klippe, Brussels,

As Europe’s baby boomers enter retirement, experts agree that reforms are needed to ensure the sustainability of European pensions.

However, there is considerable debate on which reforms should be implemented and how they impact elderly poverty and pension inequality.

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Wouter van de Klippe is a freelance journalist covering labour mobilising, social, economic, and environmental justice, and social movements.

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The most common reforms include increasing retirement ages and encouraging workers to stay in employment, either by punishing early retirement financially or rewarding working longer (Photo: Pexels)