Pensions 2024

Convened by the Euskal Herria Pensioners' Movement, thousands of people have demonstrated in Bilbao and Donostia-San Sebastián. The group has again demanded that minimum pensions be equated with the minimum inter-professional wage, especially so that women pensioners "live in dignity and reach the end of the month".

Contributory pensions will be increased by 2.7 per cent, the minimum pensions will be increased by more than 7 per cent, and widows' pensions with family burdens, non-contributory pensions and the Minimum Living Income will be increased by 11.4 per cent. These increases have been reflected in a Royal Decree-Law that has finally dissociated itself from the so-called "social shield" to be approved in Congress and guaranteed the purchasing power of pensioners.

The Spanish Government has finally approved in two decrees the revaluation of pensions, as well as other measures of social shield, in order to obtain the agreement of the groups and, on the other hand, the extension of the suspension of evictions.

The Euskal Herria Pensioners' Movement has denounced that the value of pensions "depends on the political decisions of the year".

By territory, the average retirement pension in Bizkaia is €1,873.61, in Álava €1,857.58 and in Gipuzkoa €1,788.35.

The last meeting of the year also agreed, among other things, to increase the minimum living income by 11.4%.

About 50 pensioners are holding a 24-hour lock-up at the Coronation Church in Vitoria-Gasteiz. Tomorrow, at the end of the lock-up, they will demonstrate in the Alavesa capital to claim a supplement to the minimum pensions equal to the Interprofessional Minimum Wage, which is also called in Pamplona.

On the other hand, contributory pensions will increase by around 2.7% by 2026, according to the revaluation formula provided for in the pension reform law, which takes into account the average annual CPI from December to November.

"The proposal on which the Ministry is working and which is listening to the collective, for next year, involves the freezing of the first three sections in the lowest part of the table," said Elma Saiz, Minister for Social Inclusion, Social Security and Migration.

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Hundreds of pensioners have demonstrated from the Plaza de la Virgen Blanca to the Basque Parliament for failing to take into consideration the People's Legislative Initiative that they themselves brought to the Chamber. The proposal was supported by 140,000 signatures and has been supported by EH Bildu and Sumar.

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EH Bildu calls on PNV and PSE to open the debate on pensions. They consider it a serious and worrying mistake to turn their backs on the petition of more than 145,000 people.

Hundreds of people in Vitoria-Gasteiz and Donostia-San Sebastián have joined the demonstrations called by the Euskal Herria Pensioners' Movement to press for Thursday's parliamentary vote to demand that minimum pensions be equalised with the Minimum Wage (SMI).

The pensioners' movementhas protested that the People's Legislative Initiative (HEL) to supplement pensions to the Interprofessional Minimum Wage (SMI) has not been taken into consideration by the Government. On the other hand, the LAB unionhas denounced the "judicial offensive" against the Euskera in public employment processes.

ELA, LAB, ESK, Steilas, Hiru and Etxalde will also mobilize on 20 September to demand that PNV and PSE-EE "rectify" their position and process an initiative to equate the minimum pension with the minimum wage.

In the meantime, the Basque Government has argued that this request could jeopardise the sustainability of public finances.