Thousands of EU civil servants will be striking on Tuesday, 20 May, against new staffing rules that will change the present pension system.
When meeting in Brussels on Monday, EU foreign affairs ministers agreed with Commissioner Neil Kinnock that the staff retiring age should be raised from 60 to 63.
The new rules will also decrease monthly salary contributions to the pension fund from 2 to 1.9 per cent each year, making it harder for officials of the European Union to reach the ...
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