The Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (Airef) has criticized the methods used by Social Security to balance its calculations and has warned about the lack of sustainability of pensions, which ‘has not improved after the reforms,’ pointed out Airef President Cristina Herrero, who noted that ‘the dynamics of pensions are now worse than before’ the reforms promoted by former Social Security Minister José Luis Escrivá, which included revaluation with inflation…

This will be applied in January and will not generate rights for retirement, meaning that the principle of contributivity does not exist in this case, which turns this contribution into a tax. The cap on maximum contribution bases, the third year of application of the intergenerational equity mechanism, and the ‘solidarity contribution’ for salaries over €59,059 annually… 2025 will arrive loaded with extra contributions to cope with skyrocketing pension expenses,…

Social Security allocated a record €12,668 million to the payment of the ordinary monthly payroll of contributory pensions in February, 6.2% more than in the same month in 2023, according to the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, which reported on Tuesday. Following the rise in pensions in line with the CPI applied since the beginning of the year, the average retirement pension increased by 4.8% year-on-year in February,…

On Wednesday, the Council of Ministers approved a 3.8% revaluation of pensions for 2024, as a result of the average CPI recorded between December 2022 and November of this year. In addition to the general rise of 3.8%, minimum pensions will once again rise above this figure and, according to the new Social Security Minister, Elma Saiz, next year they will increase by between 5% and 14%. The high range…

Spending on pensions reached €12,051 million in September, 10.9% more, setting a new record. This is because, in application of the pension reform, pensions have risen by 8.5% by 2023 as a result of average inflation for the period December 2021-November 2022. Following the rise in pensions in line with the CPI applied since the beginning of the year, the average retirement pension increased in September by 9.5% year-on-year to…