Shock for Austrians: Retirement only After Age 67
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The director of the Austrian Institute for Economic Research says that the retirement age could be raised
VIENNA - Raising the retirement age from 65 to 67 is urgently needed in Austria, said Gabriel Felbermayr, director of the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO), on Sunday (September 13). Austria cannot completely isolate itself from the trends observed in the member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), he said in an interview with ORF television station. APA reports.
The debate about a higher retirement age is starting again. WIFO boss Gabriel Felbermayr faced demands for an increase to 67 years or a coupling of the pension age to life expectancy. The FPÖ gives this a clear rejection. FPÖ: Pensionists must not be a banker of the nation's FPÖ social spokesman Dagmar Belakovich warns against presenting the bill for the demographic challenges of all people who have worked and contributed for decades. "The pensi…
An increase in the retirement age from 65 to 67 years is urgently required for Wifo CEO Gabriel Felbermayr. Austria cannot completely separate itself from the trends in the OECD countries, he said on Sunday in the ORF "press hour". At the same time, Felbermayr considers it necessary for work to be carried out until the beginning of the year. He sees the proposal of Chancellor Christian Stocker (ÖVP) for a future depot as positive, but this could…
Wifo CEO Felbermayr pleads for a higher retirement age. This will be inevitable, as the only solution is not enough.
A higher retirement age in Austria is inevitable from the point of view of Wifo boss Gabriel Felbermayr. In the ORF "Pressestudien" he pleaded for a gradual increase from 65 to 67 years on Sunday and demanded reforms so that people actually work up to retirement.
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