Europe’s retirement ages in the spotlight

The European Commission published a White Paper on adequate, safe and sustainable pensions on the 16 February 2012.

It looks at how the EU and the Member States can work to tackle the major challenges that confront our pension systems. It puts forward a range of initiatives to help create the right conditions so that those who are able can continue working - leading to a better balance between time in work and time in retirement; to ensure people who move to another country can keep their pension rights; to help people save more and ensure that pension promises are kept and people get what they expect in retirement.

European Commission: RAPID: Press Release, IP/12/140: EU sets out plans for adequate, safe and sustainable pensions http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/12/140&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012 [archived site] http://ec.europa.eu/archives/ey2012/

http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=752&langId=en http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=752&langId=en

EurActiv, 17.2.12: EU in search of retirement age formula http://www.euractiv.com/socialeurope/eu-search-retirement-age-formula-news-510897

Social Europe Journal, 20.06.13: The 2012 White Paper On Pensions – A Building Block For EU Social Policy? http://www.social-europe.eu/2013/06/the-2012-white-paper-on-pensions-a-building-block-for-eu-social-policy/

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