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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-02-02Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Government guarantees the pensions, Alternate Social Insurance Minister Stratoulis saysANA/MPA---"If there are any difficulties, we have a plan to deal with them and have sufficient financing," Alternate Social Insurance Minister Dimitris Stratoulis on Monday said in an interview with ANA-MPA WebTV.Stratoulis confirmed that the restitution of previous losses on pensions "will be gradual and based on the numbers of economic recovery." Asked on how social securities' revenues will increase, he replied: "The coffers of the social security funds will be boosted if our plan for economic recovery, the restart of the economy succeeds, which we believe it will." Stratoulis noted that the ministry already has a list of big debtors to social security funds and will publish them. However, he stressed that the main thing is to use all legal and political means to collect these debts. Regarding the administration of social security funds, he said: "Changes will be made, but on time, because our priority is to stop the destruction of pensions and the plans for new pension reductions and the retirement age increase as of 1/1/2015 provided by the memorandum legislation." The full interview is available at ANA-MPA website. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |