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Are Spain's pensions losing ground to the cost of living?
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Thousands of pensioners marched through Madrid on Saturday. Coespe, a national pensioners' coordinating body, called the march, and tenants' unions joined. They want pensions that keep pace with real inflation.
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Coespe's national spokesman, Damián Rodríguez, said Pensions are worth less every day compared with the cost of living, and it shows in our homes.
“Pensions are worth less every day compared with the cost of living, and it shows in our homes.”
El Confidencial reports that 51.3% of recipients cannot reach the end of the month on their pension. Coespe argues the yearly update, applied in January, lags inflation, now at 4.9%.
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In Piélagos, Cantabria, PP regional president María José Sáenz de Buruaga said pensions are not in danger: guaranteed and revalued, whoever governs. So the answer depends on whose numbers you trust.
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