The Basque Parliament shall not process a popular initiative calling for the minimum pension to be equalised with the Minimum Inter-professional Wage
One of the main reasons for the Basque Government's position is that protection for pensioners is already integrated into the current system. The initiative is supported by more than 145,000 signatures.
Several pensioners collecting signatures.
The Basque Parliament shall not process the popular legislative initiative calling for the equalisation of minimum pensions with the Minimum Inter-professional Wage (SMI), supported by more than 145,000 signatures.
This was reported on Tuesday by the Basque Governing Council, which has stated that it is not necessary and believes that it is' contrary to the coherence of the Basque System of Income Guarantee and Social Inclusion '.
One of the main reasons for the Basque Government's position is that protection for pensioners is already integrated into the current system.
With this position, the Basque Parliament will reject the consideration and processing of the initiative, since the groups supporting the Government, the PNV and the PSE-EE, have a sufficient majority to support this decision in Parliament.
The popular legislative initiative calls for the creation of a Basque pension system to ensure that all pensioners over 60 years of age residing and registered in the Basque Country have a minimum income equivalent to 100% of the SMI.
The Government considers that the popular initiative is not in accordance with the current regulations, nor with the principles of sustainability, equity and coherence of the Basque model of social protection, and that the proposal does not meet the requirements laid down in the Rules of Procedure of the Basque Parliament for initiatives involving an increase in budgetary appropriations.
EH Bildu has described the Basque Government's approach as a "serious mistake" that "despises" all those who have supported the popular initiative and has ensured that it has embarked on the political course "in contradiction with the model of cooperative and participatory governance so much discussed".
For its part, the ELA trade union has described as a 'joke' the reasons why the Basque Government rejects the proposal, including the one it says is' unnecessary 'in the face of the current Basque System of Income Guarantee, and has pointed out that the initiative would reduce the pension gap between men and women.
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