The Government excludes new levies on the so-called golden pensions but ponders news for those who want to retire earlier with lower treatments. New levies on the highest pensions "are not on the agenda" clearly states the prime minister's economic adviser, Yoram Gutgeld.
But news on pensions are being studied by the Government. It was Gutgeld himself who revealed it to “Corriere della sera”. The most relevant concerns the possibility of "early retirement of a worker with a lower salary than he or she would be entitled to". In this way, with a social security system which is now contributory and which gives you pensions based on the contributions you have paid, public spending would not increase because the pension advance will be recovered later "with repayment in instalments".
For a novelty of this kind, however, the consent of the European Union is needed and the Renzi government is willing to ask for it.
In the press conference at the end of the year, Prime Minister Renzi, who then met with the new INPS president Tito Boeri, excluded upheavals in the Fornero reform, which could however receive some tweaks in the name of greater flexibility in terms of output but without additional expenditure publish. The amendment to the Stability Law approved by Parliament goes in this direction, which excludes penalties for those who retire with 42 years of contributions before reaching the age of 62.
Finally, by February the INPS governance reform should start in order to make it leaner and more functional.
