The government spokesperson and Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Elma Saiz, has reaffirmed the solidity and continuity of the public pension system in the current context of demographic pressure and inflation, while accusing the PP of trying to move toward its privatization and implement cuts.
In this line, she has emphasized that the Executive has done "its homework" with a structural reform proposed with a horizon in 2050, designed to anticipate the increase in retirements resulting from the incorporation into retirement of the 'baby boom' generation.
"Absolutely," Saiz replied when asked if the sustainability of pensions is assured, during an interview on the program "El Pulso", by La Séptima. There she defended that employment data, the evolution of the minimum wage, and the assessment made of the Spanish economy from abroad support that the system is sustainable.
In this context, she pointed out that those who cast doubt on the viability of pensions do so because they "don't believe in the public sector," and she warned that behind those criticisms there is a "plan" aimed at privatization and cuts.
The Social Security official recalled that the PP, when it was in government, pushed through a reform that "amounted to a de facto freeze" of pensions by limiting their annual update to 0.25%, as well as incorporating a sustainability factor that harmed future benefits.
Saiz also reproached the 'popular' party for maintaining that same stance from the opposition and for having voted against the reforms promoted by the current Executive. Against this, she highlighted that the current pension reform was forged within the framework of social dialogue and had the backing of European institutions.
"Absolutely, yes," the minister reiterated, insisting that the Government guarantees a sustainable public pension system in the long term.