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How much does Italy's budget bill really save on pensions?
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Italy's new budget bill counts on 14.2 billion euros in gross pension savings over ten years, from a tighter inflation adjustment.
€14.2bn
After tax effects, the saving drops to 8.5 billion. Pensions above four times the minimum get only partial inflation adjustment, so the cut falls hardest on higher pensions.
- Gross savings14.2
- Net of tax effects8.5
Separately, the bill sets aside 850 million euros a year for an exit fund, meant to help people leave work early.
€850m
Unions and opposition pushed back. Azione's Osvaldo Napoli called the pension changes a levy on pensioners, and the CGIL union said of the whole bill: Faced with such dramatic real-world data, the budget bill seems written by a government from another country, not to say another planet.
“Faced with such dramatic real-world data, the budget bill seems written by a government from another country, not to say another planet.”
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Based on reports by
- ANSA.itBudget, the main measures in a nutshell
- Il Fatto QuotidianoThe Budget Law will bring a tightening of pension revaluation. 8.5 billion euros to the State in 10 years
- Il Sole 24 OREBudget: Cgil, it is the opposite of what is needed, it accelerates decline and impoverishment
- ANSA.itCgil, “budget worse than the worst expectations, accelerates decline and impoverishment”
- ANSA.itFrom the tightening on pension revaluation gross savings of 14.2 billion in 10 years
- ANSA.itBudget, spending cuts from ministries of 4.7 billion in three years